CVE-2008-2663

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2008-06-20
CWE:
CWE-190
Bugzilla:
450825: CVE-2008-2663 ruby: Integer overflows in rb_ary_store()

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Multiple integer overflows in the rb_ary_store function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, and 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unknown vectors, a different issue than CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2664, and CVE-2008-2725. NOTE: as of 20080624, there has been inconsistent usage of multiple CVE identifiers related to Ruby. The CVE description should be regarded as authoritative, although it is likely to change.

Find out more about CVE-2008-2663 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (ruby) RHSA-2008:0562 2008-07-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (ruby) RHSA-2008:0561 2008-07-14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (ruby) RHSA-2008:0562 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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