CVE-2008-2664

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2008-06-20
Bugzilla:
450834: CVE-2008-2664 ruby: Unsafe use of alloca in rb_str_format()

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The rb_str_format 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 allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption via unspecified vectors related to alloca, a different issue than CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663, 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-2008-2664 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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