CVE-2008-2725

Vulnerability 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.

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References

• http://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprisThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30802Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30831Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30867Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30875Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30894Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31062Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31090Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31181Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31256Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31687Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33178Third Party Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xmlThird Party Advisory