INFORMATION BULLETIN
INFORMATION BULLETIN
| PROBLEM: | Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the Ruby language, which may lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. |
| PLATFORM: | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch) |
| DAMAGE: | DoS or execution of arbitrary code. |
| SOLUTION: | Upgrade to the appropriate version. |
| VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT: |
The risk is MEDIUM. May lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. |
| CVSS 2 BASE SCORE: TEMPORAL SCORE: VECTOR: |
7.5 6.2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C) |
| LINKS: | |
| CIAC BULLETIN: | http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-365.shtml |
| ORIGINAL BULLETIN: | http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1612 |
| CVE: | CVE-2008-2662 CVE-2008-2663 CVE-2008-2664 CVE-2008-2725 CVE-2008-2726 CVE-2008-2376 |
[***** Start Debian Security Advisory DSA-1612-1 *****]
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the Ruby language, which may lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
Drew Yao discovered that multiple integer overflows in the string processing code may lead to denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
Drew Yao discovered that multiple integer overflows in the string processing code may lead to denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
Drew Yao discovered that a programming error in the string processing code may lead to denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
Drew Yao discovered that an integer overflow in the array handling code may lead to denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
Drew Yao discovered that an integer overflow in the array handling code may lead to denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
It was discovered that an integer overflow in the array handling code may lead to denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.5-4etch2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.7.22-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your ruby1.8 packages.
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.
[***** End Debian Security Advisory DSA-1612-1 *****]
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