*** This bug is a security vulnerability ***

Public security bug reported:

Binary package hint: ruby1.8

CVE-2008-2376 description:

"Integer overflow in the rb_ary_fill function in array.c in Ruby before
revision 17756 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of
service (crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a call to
the Array#fill method with a start (aka beg) argument greater than
ARY_MAX_SIZE. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for
other closely related integer overflows."

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-2376

** Affects: ruby1.8 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Visibility changed to: Public

** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-2376

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[CVE-2008-2376] Integer overflow in the rb_ary_fill function in array.c in Ruby
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246818
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