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The + elaborate standard library includes an HTTP server ("WEBRick") and a + class for XML parsing ("REXML"). + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Ruby interpreter + and its standard libraries. Drew Yao of Apple Product Security + discovered the following flaws: + </p> + <ul> + <li>Arbitrary code execution + or Denial of Service (memory corruption) in the rb_str_buf_append() + function (CVE-2008-2662).</li> + <li>Arbitrary code execution or Denial + of Service (memory corruption) in the rb_ary_stor() function + (CVE-2008-2663).</li> + <li>Memory corruption via alloca in the + rb_str_format() function (CVE-2008-2664).</li> + <li>Memory corruption + ("REALLOC_N") in the rb_ary_splice() and rb_ary_replace() functions + (CVE-2008-2725).</li> + <li>Memory corruption ("beg + rlen") in the + rb_ary_splice() and rb_ary_replace() functions (CVE-2008-2726).</li> + </ul> <p> + Furthermore, several other vulnerabilities have been reported: + </p> + <ul> + <li>Tanaka Akira reported an issue with resolv.rb that enables + attackers to spoof DNS responses (CVE-2008-1447).</li> + <li>Akira Tagoh + of RedHat discovered a Denial of Service (crash) issue in the + rb_ary_fill() function in array.c (CVE-2008-2376).</li> + <li>Several + safe level bypass vulnerabilities were discovered and reported by Keita + Yamaguchi (CVE-2008-3655).</li> + <li>Christian Neukirchen is credited + for discovering a Denial of Service (CPU consumption) attack in the + WEBRick HTTP server (CVE-2008-3656).</li> + <li>A fault in the dl module + allowed the circumvention of taintness checks which could possibly lead + to insecure code execution was reported by "sheepman" + (CVE-2008-3657).</li> + <li>Tanaka Akira again found a DNS spoofing + vulnerability caused by the resolv.rb implementation using poor + randomness (CVE-2008-3905).</li> + <li>Luka Treiber and Mitja Kolsek + (ACROS Security) disclosed a Denial of Service (CPU consumption) + vulnerability in the REXML module when dealing with recursive entity + expansion (CVE-2008-3790).</li> + </ul> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, + spoof DNS responses, bypass Ruby's built-in security and taintness + checks, and cause a Denial of Service via crash or CPU exhaustion. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Ruby users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-1.8.6_p287-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1447">CVE-2008-1447</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2376">CVE-2008-2376</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2662">CVE-2008-2662</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2663">CVE-2008-2663</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2664">CVE-2008-2664</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2725">CVE-2008-2725</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2726">CVE-2008-2726</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3655">CVE-2008-3655</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3656">CVE-2008-3656</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3657">CVE-2008-3657</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3790">CVE-2008-3790</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3905">CVE-2008-3905</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:43:41 +0000"> + keytoaster + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:52:14 +0000"> + hoffie + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:38:46 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> +</glsa> |