CVE-2008-2662

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the rb_str_buf_append function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22, and 1.9.0 before 1.9.0-2 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unknown vectors that trigger memory corruption, a different issue than CVE-2008-2663, CVE-2008-2664, and CVE-2008-2725. NOTE: as of 20080624, there has been inconsistent usage of multiple CVE identifiers related to Ruby. This CVE description should be regarded as authoritative, although it is likely to change.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00937.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11601

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43345

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1907/references

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-621-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020347

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29903

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493688/100/0/threaded

http://www.rubyinside.com/june-2008-ruby-security-vulnerabilities-927.html

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/

http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0561.html

http://www.matasano.com/log/1070/updates-on-drew-yaos-terrible-ruby-vulnerabilities/

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:140

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1618

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1612

http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/6/21/multiple-ruby-security-vulnerabilities

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.429562

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/33178

http://secunia.com/advisories/31687

http://secunia.com/advisories/31256

http://secunia.com/advisories/31181

http://secunia.com/advisories/31062

http://secunia.com/advisories/30894

http://secunia.com/advisories/30875

http://secunia.com/advisories/30867

http://secunia.com/advisories/30831

http://secunia.com/advisories/30802

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html

http://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3