Updated ruby packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: ruby security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2008:0561-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0561.html
Issue date:        2008-07-14
CVE Names:         CVE-2008-2662 CVE-2008-2663 CVE-2008-2664 
                   CVE-2008-2725 CVE-2008-2726 CVE-2008-2376 
====================================================================
1. Summary:

Updated ruby packages that fix several security issues are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

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 version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
object-oriented programming.

Multiple integer overflows leading to a heap overflow were discovered in
the array- and string-handling code used by Ruby. An attacker could use
these flaws to crash a Ruby application or, possibly, execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the Ruby application using untrusted inputs in
array or string operations. (CVE-2008-2376, CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663,
CVE-2008-2725, CVE-2008-2726)

It was discovered that Ruby used the alloca() memory allocation function in
the format (%) method of the String class without properly restricting
maximum string length. An attacker could use this flaw to crash a Ruby
application or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
Ruby application using long, untrusted strings as format strings.
(CVE-2008-2664)

Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of the Apple Product Security team for
reporting these issues.

Users of Ruby should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
backported patch 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

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

450821 - CVE-2008-2662 ruby: Integer overflows in rb_str_buf_append()
450825 - CVE-2008-2663 ruby: Integer overflows in rb_ary_store()
450834 - CVE-2008-2664 ruby: Unsafe use of alloca in rb_str_format()
451821 - CVE-2008-2725 ruby: integer overflow in rb_ary_splice/update/replace() - REALLOC_N
451828 - CVE-2008-2726 ruby: integer overflow in rb_ary_splice/update/replace() - beg + rlen
453589 - CVE-2008-2376 ruby: integer overflows in rb_ary_fill() / Array#fill

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

Source:

i386:
irb-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm

ia64:
irb-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm

ppc:
irb-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ppc64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ppc64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm

s390:
irb-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390.rpm

s390x:
irb-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
irb-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

Source:

i386:
irb-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm

x86_64:
irb-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

Source:

i386:
irb-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm

ia64:
irb-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
irb-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

Source:

i386:
irb-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm

ia64:
irb-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
irb-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm

x86_64:
ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):

Source:

i386:
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm

x86_64:
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

Source:

i386:
ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm

ia64:
ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ia64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ia64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ia64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ia64.rpm
ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ia64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ia64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ia64.rpm
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ia64.rpm
ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ia64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ia64.rpm

ppc:
ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ppc.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ppc.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ppc64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ppc.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ppc64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ppc.rpm
ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ppc.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ppc.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ppc64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ppc.rpm
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ppc.rpm
ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ppc.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.ppc.rpm

s390x:
ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.s390x.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.s390.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.s390x.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.s390.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.s390x.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.s390x.rpm
ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.s390x.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.s390.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.s390x.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.s390x.rpm
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.s390x.rpm
ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.s390x.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm

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details on how to verify the signature are available from
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7. References:

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2662
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2663
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2664
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2725
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2726
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2376
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is .  More contact
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