CVE-2008-2376

ruby: integer overflows in rb_ary_fill() / Array#fill

Published Jul 9, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.6% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1612-1 New ruby1.8 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1618-1 New ruby1.9 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-651-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30927 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31006 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31062 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31090 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31181 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31256 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32219 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33178 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=17756 cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0218 cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0218 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1612 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1618 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:140 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/02/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0561.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494104/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2639 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2376 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9863 cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/651-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2376 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00112.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00161.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 8:58 AM
Reserved
May 21, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 9, 2008, 12:41 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:53 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 1, 2008, 12:00 AM