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CVE-2008-2662

Date: June 24, 2008

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.

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (42)

Url: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/6/21/multiple-ruby-security-vulnerabilities

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43345

Url: http://www.matasano.com/log/1070/updates-on-drew-yaos-terrible-ruby-vulnerabilities/

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31062

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31181

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493688/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.zedshaw.com/rants/the_big_ruby_vulnerabilities.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30875

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30831

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31687

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30894

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29903

Url: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references

Url: http://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2626

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00937.html

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11601

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-2662

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33178

Url: http://www.rubyinside.com/june-2008-ruby-security-vulnerabilities-927.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1907/references

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31256

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1612

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:140

Url: http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034

Url: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0206

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30867

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-621-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30802

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2662

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1618

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020347

Url: http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.429562

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0561.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-2662

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

CVSS v3

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):
Attack Complexity (AC):
Privileges Required (PR):
User Interaction (UI):
Scope (S):
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	9.8
Access Vector (AV):
Access Complexity (AC):
Authentication (AU):
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH
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Date: June 24, 2008

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