CVE-2008-2662

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.

Link	Resource
http://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/	Third Party Advisory
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/6/21/multiple-ruby-security-vulnerabilities	Third Party Advisory
http://www.matasano.com/log/1070/updates-on-drew-yaos-terrible-ruby-vulnerabilities/	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034	Third Party Advisory
http://www.rubyinside.com/june-2008-ruby-security-vulnerabilities-927.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.zedshaw.com/rants/the_big_ruby_vulnerabilities.html	Broken Link
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29903	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31256	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30802	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31062	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30831	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00937.html	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020347	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1618	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0561.html	Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31181	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1612	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:140	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141	Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0206	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30867	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-621-1	Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2626	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30875	Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.429562	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30894	Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33178	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1907/references	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43345	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11601	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493688/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

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Published : 2008-06-24 07:41

Updated : 2018-11-01 03:02

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NVD link : CVE-2008-2662

Mitre link : CVE-2008-2662

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