CVE-2008-2725
Ruby rb_ary_splice and rb_ary_replace Arbitrary Memory Corruption
Description
Integer overflow in the (1) rb_ary_splice function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, and 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22; and (2) the rb_ary_replace function in 1.6.x allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption via unspecified vectors, aka the "REALLOC_N" variant, a different issue than CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663, and CVE-2008-2664. 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.
INFO
Published Date :
June 24, 2008, 7:41 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 1, 2018, 3:07 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2008-2725
vulnerability.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 01, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/6/21/multiple-ruby-security-vulnerabilities No Types Assigned http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/6/21/multiple-ruby-security-vulnerabilities Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.matasano.com/log/1070/updates-on-drew-yaos-terrible-ruby-vulnerabilities/ No Types Assigned http://www.matasano.com/log/1070/updates-on-drew-yaos-terrible-ruby-vulnerabilities/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31062 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/31062 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31181 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/31181 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 No Types Assigned http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493688/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493688/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.zedshaw.com/rants/the_big_ruby_vulnerabilities.html No Types Assigned http://www.zedshaw.com/rants/the_big_ruby_vulnerabilities.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30831 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/30831 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30875 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/30875 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30894 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/30894 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29903 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29903 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-security-commits/2008-June/msg00005.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-security-commits/2008-June/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-2727 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-2727 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/ Patch http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/ Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references Vendor Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/ No Types Assigned http://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2626 No Types Assigned https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2626 Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43350 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43350 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00937.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00937.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31090 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/31090 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/33178 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/33178 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.8/+bug/241657 No Types Assigned https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.8/+bug/241657 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.rubyinside.com/june-2008-ruby-security-vulnerabilities-927.html No Types Assigned http://www.rubyinside.com/june-2008-ruby-security-vulnerabilities-927.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1907/references No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1907/references Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/31256 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/31256 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1612 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1612 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:140 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:140 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034 No Types Assigned http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30867 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/30867 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0206 No Types Assigned http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0206 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-621-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-621-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30802 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/30802 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1618 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1618 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9606 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9606 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020347 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020347 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.429562 No Types Assigned http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.429562 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0561.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0561.html Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.8.5-p230 *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.8.6-p229 *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.8.7-p21 *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.9.0-1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.8.4 *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.8.5 up to (excluding) 1.8.5.231 *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.8.6 up to (excluding) 1.8.6.230 *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.8.7 up to (excluding) 1.8.7.22 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493688/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493688/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9606 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9606 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43350 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43350 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 24, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-2725 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-2725
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.54 }} 0.00%
score
0.73777
percentile