CVE-2008-2662

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2008-06-20
CWE:
CWE-190
Bugzilla:
450821: CVE-2008-2662 ruby: Integer overflows in rb_str_buf_append()

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2008-2662 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (ruby) RHSA-2008:0561 2008-07-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (ruby) RHSA-2008:0561 2008-07-14

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of the Apple Product Security team for reporting this issue.

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