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CVE-2008-2664

Date: June 24, 2008

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.

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (43)

Url: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/6/21/multiple-ruby-security-vulnerabilities

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43348

Url: http://www.matasano.com/log/1070/updates-on-drew-yaos-terrible-ruby-vulnerabilities/

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31062

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31181

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493688/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.zedshaw.com/rants/the_big_ruby_vulnerabilities.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30875

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30831

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31687

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30894

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29903

Url: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references

Url: http://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2626

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00937.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31090

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-2664

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33178

Url: http://www.rubyinside.com/june-2008-ruby-security-vulnerabilities-927.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1907/references

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31256

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1612

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:140

Url: http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034

Url: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0206

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30867

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-621-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30802

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9646

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1618

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2664

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020347

Url: http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.429562

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0561.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-2664

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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Date: June 24, 2008

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