This bug was fixed in the package ruby1.8 - 1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.2
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ruby1.8 (1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.2) hardy-security; urgency=low
* SECURITY UPDATE: denial of service via resource exhaustion in the REXML
module (LP: #261459)
- debian/patches/102_CVE-2008-3790.dpatch: adjust rexml/document.rb and
rexml/entity.rb to use expansion limits
- CVE-2008-3790
* SECURITY UPDATE: integer overflow in rb_ary_fill may cause denial of
service (LP: #246818)
- debian/patches/103_CVE-2008-2376.dpatch: adjust array.c to properly
check argument length
- CVE-2008-2376
* SECURITY UPDATE: denial of service via multiple long requests to a Ruby
socket
- debian/patches/104_CVE-2008-3443.dpatch: adjust regex.c to not use ruby
managed memory and check for allocation failures
- CVE-2008-3443
* SECURITY UPDATE: denial of service via crafted HTTP request (LP: #257122)
- debian/patches/105_CVE-2008-3656.dpatch: update webrick/httputils.rb to
properly check paths ending with '.'
- CVE-2008-3656
* SECURITY UPDATE: predictable transaction id and source port for DNS
requests (separate vulnerability from CVE-2008-1447)
- debian/patches/106_CVE-2008-3905.dpatch: adjust resolv.rb to use
SecureRandom for transaction id and source port
- CVE-2008-3905
* SECURITY UPDATE: safe level bypass via DL.dlopen
- debian/patches/107_CVE-2008-3657.dpatch: adjust rb_str_to_ptr and
rb_ary_to_ptr in ext/dl/dl.c and rb_dlsym_call in ext/dl/sym.c to
propogate taint and check taintness of DLPtrData
- CVE-2008-3657
* SECURITY UPDATE: safe level bypass via multiple vectors
- debian/patches/108_CVE-2008-3655.dpatch: use rb_secure(4) in variable.c
and syslog.c, check for secure level 3 or higher in eval.c and make
sure PROGRAM_NAME can't be modified
- CVE-2008-3655
-- Jamie Strandboge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:34:00
-0500
** Changed in: ruby1.8 (Ubuntu Hardy)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-1447
** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-2376
** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-3443
** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-3655
** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-3656
** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-3657
** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-3905
** Changed in: ruby1.8 (Ubuntu Gutsy)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
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DOS Vulnerability in Ruby REXML
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/261459
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