news 28 Posted October 21, 2008 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: ruby security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0895-02 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0895.html Issue date: 2008-10-21 CVE Names: CVE-2008-3443 CVE-2008-3655 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated ruby packages that fix various security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. 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 (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386 3. Description: Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. 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 459266 - CVE-2008-3443 ruby: Memory allocation failure in Ruby regex engine (remotely exploitable DoS) 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 : Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1AS/en/os/SRPMS/ruby-1.6.4-7.el2.src.rpm i386: irb-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm ruby-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1ES/en/os/SRPMS/ruby-1.6.4-7.el2.src.rpm i386: irb-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm ruby-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/2.1WS/en/os/SRPMS/ruby-1.6.4-7.el2.src.rpm i386: irb-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm ruby-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.6.4-7.el2.i386.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://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/e9eXlSAg2UNWIIRAojUAJ4vN3Pig/xdB7A60gjQS6aU8MHixgCfYfn+ ROtoNaBPciuwH026vG6FBYA= =jETQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Share this post Link to post
