news 28 Posted October 21, 2008 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: ruby security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0897-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html Issue date: 2008-10-21 CVE Names: CVE-2008-3443 CVE-2008-3655 CVE-2008-3656 CVE-2008-3657 CVE-2008-3790 CVE-2008-3905 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated ruby packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64 3. Description: Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. The Ruby DNS resolver library, resolv.rb, used predictable transaction IDs and a fixed source port when sending DNS requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to spoof a malicious reply to a DNS query. (CVE-2008-3905) Ruby's XML document parsing module (REXML) was prone to a denial of service attack via XML documents with large XML entity definitions recursion. A specially-crafted XML file could cause a Ruby application using the REXML module to use an excessive amount of CPU and memory. (CVE-2008-3790) An insufficient "taintness" check flaw was discovered in Ruby's DL module, which provides direct access to the C language functions. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended safe-level restrictions by calling external C functions with the arguments from an untrusted tainted inputs. (CVE-2008-3657) A denial of service flaw was discovered in WEBrick, Ruby's HTTP server toolkit. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP request to a WEBrick server that would cause the server to use an excessive amount of CPU time. (CVE-2008-3656) A number of flaws were found in the safe-level restrictions in Ruby. It was possible for an attacker to create a carefully crafted malicious script that can allow the bypass of certain safe-level restrictions. (CVE-2008-3655) A denial of service flaw was found in Ruby's regular expression engine. If a Ruby script tried to process a large amount of data via a regular expression, it could cause Ruby to enter an infinite-loop and crash. (CVE-2008-3443) Users of ruby should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 458948 - CVE-2008-3655 ruby: multiple insufficient safe mode restrictions 458953 - CVE-2008-3656 ruby: WEBrick DoS vulnerability (CPU consumption) 458966 - CVE-2008-3657 ruby: missing "taintness" checks in dl module 459266 - CVE-2008-3443 ruby: Memory allocation failure in Ruby regex engine (remotely exploitable DoS) 460134 - CVE-2008-3790 ruby: DoS vulnerability in the REXML module 461495 - CVE-2008-3905 ruby: use of predictable source port and transaction id in DNS requests done by resolv.rb module 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.src.rpm i386: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ia64: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ppc: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ppc64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ppc64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm s390: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm s390x: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.src.rpm i386: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm x86_64: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.src.rpm i386: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ia64: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm x86_64: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.src.rpm i386: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ia64: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm x86_64: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.src.rpm i386: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm x86_64: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.src.rpm i386: ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm x86_64: ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.src.rpm i386: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ia64: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ia64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ia64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ia64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ia64.rpm ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ia64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ia64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ia64.rpm ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ia64.rpm ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ia64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ia64.rpm ppc: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ppc.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ppc.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ppc64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ppc.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ppc64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ppc.rpm ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ppc.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ppc.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ppc64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ppc.rpm ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ppc.rpm ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ppc.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.ppc.rpm s390x: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.s390x.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.s390.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.s390x.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.s390.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.s390x.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.s390x.rpm ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.s390x.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.s390.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.s390x.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.s390x.rpm ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.s390x.rpm ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.s390x.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.s390x.rpm x86_64: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_2.5.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3443 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3655 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3656 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3657 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3790 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3905 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFI/e+UXlSAg2UNWIIRAhkmAKCipGrP/Td1I7HfBbBs9nbNOLSSqwCbBZ7x YqlWKQvtkDOlTAE5C1RpHXc= =NCZC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Share this post Link to post
