Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2008:0895
ruby security update
Released 2008-10-21 · Red Hat rating Moderate · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 irb-1.6.4-7.el2.i386, ruby-1.6.4-7.el2, ruby-1.6.4-7.el2.i386 +4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 irb-1.6.4-7.el2.i386, ruby-1.6.4-7.el2, ruby-1.6.4-7.el2.i386 +4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 irb-1.6.4-7.el2.i386, ruby-1.6.4-7.el2, ruby-1.6.4-7.el2.i386 +4
Fixes 2 records
Priority MEDIUM 48
Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 does not properly restrict access to critical variables and methods at various safe levels, which allows context-dependent…
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.14085 · Published 2008-08-13 · Fixed CWE-264
Priority LOW 39
The regular expression engine (regex.c) in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and 1.9 through r18423 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash)…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.15678 · Published 2008-08-14 · Fixed CWE-399
