Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2008:0897
ruby security update
Released 2008-10-21 · Red Hat rating Moderate · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5, ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386, ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ia64 +33
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64 +25
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5, ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386, ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5 +11
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5, ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5, ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386 +2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386, ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1 +11
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64 +18
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386, irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64 +18
Fixes 7 records
Priority HIGH 71
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the WEBrick::HTTPUtils.split_header_value function in WEBrick::HTTP::DefaultFileHandler in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p286, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p71, and…
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.70202 · Published 2008-08-13 · Fixed CWE-399
Priority MEDIUM 48
The dl module 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 does not check "taintness" of inputs, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe levels and…
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.13666 · Published 2008-08-13 · Fixed CWE-20
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 MEDIUM 45
Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1.9 through 1.9.0-1, when running on systems that support backslash (\) path separators or case-insensitive file names, allow…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.27104 · Published 2008-03-04 · Fixed CWE-22
Priority LOW 39
The REXML module in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML document with recursively nested entities,…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.15197 · Published 2008-08-27 · Fixed CWE-20
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
Priority LOW 31
resolv.rb in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 r18423 and earlier uses sequential transaction IDs and constant source ports for DNS requests, which makes it easier for remot…
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.8· Network · No auth · Interaction — · EPSS 0.02415 · Published 2008-09-04 · Fixed CWE-287
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