cve-2008-2664
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-06-24 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:05
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/30802Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/30831Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/30867Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/30875Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/30894Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31062Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31090Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31181Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31256Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31687Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33178Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.429562Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/6/21/multiple-ruby-security-vulnerabilitiesThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0206Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1612Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1618Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:140Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.matasano.com/log/1070/updates-on-drew-yaos-terrible-ruby-vulnerabilities/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0561.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.rubyinside.com/june-2008-ruby-security-vulnerabilities-927.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493688/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29903Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020347Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-621-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1907/referencesThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/referencesThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.zedshaw.com/rants/the_big_ruby_vulnerabilities.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43348Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2626Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9646Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00937.htmlThird Party Advisory
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