Ruby Bugs Let Users Deny Service and Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020347 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1020347
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663, CVE-2008-2664, CVE-2008-2725, CVE-2008-2726
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jun 23 2008
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Impact:
Denial of service via local system, Denial of service via network, Execution of arbitrary code via local system, Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via local system, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 1.8.4, 1.8.5-p230, 1.8.6-p229, 1.8.7-p21, 1.9.0-1; and prior versions
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Description:
Several vulnerabilities were reported in Ruby. A user can execute arbitrary code on the target system. A user can cause denial of service conditions.
A user can execute arbitrary code on the target system or cause denial of service conditions on the target system.
A remote user may be able to exploit these vulnerabilities, depending on the specific application code.
Drew Yao of Apple Product Security reported these vulnerabilities.
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Impact:
A user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
A user can cause denial of service conditions.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix.
1.8 series: Please upgrade to 1.8.5-p231, or 1.8.6-p230, or 1.8.7-p22.
* <URL:ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.5-p231.tar.gz> (md5sum: e900cf225d55414bffe878f00a85807c)
* <URL:ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.6-p230.tar.gz> (md5sum: 5e8247e39be2dc3c1a755579c340857f)
* <URL:ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7-p22.tar.gz> (md5sum: fc3ede83a98f48d8cb6de2145f680ef2)
1.9 series: Please upgrade to 1.9.0-2.
* <URL:ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.0-2.tar.gz> (md5sum: 2a848b81ed1d6393b88eec8aa6173b75)
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/
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Vendor URL: www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Not specified
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:56:12 -0400
Subject: Ruby
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http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/
* CVE-2008-2662
* CVE-2008-2663
* CVE-2008-2664
* CVE-2008-2725
* CVE-2008-2726
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