CVE-2008-2725

Description

Integer overflow in the (1) rb_ary_splice 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; and (2) the rb_ary_replace function in 1.6.x allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption via unspecified vectors, aka the "REALLOC_N" variant, a different issue than CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663, and CVE-2008-2664. 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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.45% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ruby-lang.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31090 third party advisory
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/6/21/multiple-ruby-security-vulnerabilities third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30875 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1907/references third party advisory vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9606 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1618 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-2727 third party advisory issue tracking
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30894 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43350 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31062 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31256 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493688/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.matasano.com/log/1070/updates-on-drew-yaos-terrible-ruby-vulnerabilities/ third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.429562 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020347 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.rubyinside.com/june-2008-ruby-security-vulnerabilities-927.html third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-security-commits/2008-June/msg00005.html third party advisory mailing list
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0206 broken link
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.8/+bug/241657 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00937.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:140 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30802 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30831 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0561.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2626 broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1612 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33178 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29903 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.zedshaw.com/rants/the_big_ruby_vulnerabilities.html broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30867 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/ patch vendor advisory
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034 third party advisory
http://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/ third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-621-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31181 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2725?
CVE-2008-2725 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2725?
To fix CVE-2008-2725, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-2725 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-2725 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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