RedHat: RHSA-2011-0908:01 Moderate: ruby security update
Summary
Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It
has features to process text files and to do system management tasks.
A flaw was found in the way large amounts of memory were allocated on
64-bit systems when using the BigDecimal class. A context-dependent
attacker could use this flaw to cause memory corruption, causing a Ruby
application that uses the BigDecimal class to crash or, possibly, execute
arbitrary code. This issue did not affect 32-bit systems. (CVE-2011-0188)
It was found that WEBrick (the Ruby HTTP server toolkit) did not filter
terminal escape sequences from its log files. A remote attacker could use
specially-crafted HTTP requests to inject terminal escape sequences into
the WEBrick log files. If a victim viewed the log files with a terminal
emulator, it could result in control characters being executed with the
privileges of that user. (CVE-2009-4492)
A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way WEBrick displayed
error pages. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform a cross-site
scripting attack against victims by tricking them into visiting a
specially-crafted URL. (CVE-2010-0541)
A flaw was found in the method for translating an exception message into a
string in the Exception class. A remote attacker could use this flaw to
bypass safe level 4 restrictions, allowing untrusted (tainted) code to
modify arbitrary, trusted (untainted) strings, which safe level 4
restrictions would otherwise prevent. (CVE-2011-1005)
Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of Apple Product Security for
reporting the CVE-2011-0188 and CVE-2010-0541 issues.
All Ruby users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches to resolve these issues.
Summary
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
References
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2009-4492.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-0541.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0188.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-1005.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/02/18/exception-methods-can-bypass-safe/ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2010/01/10/webrick-escape-sequence-injection/ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2010/08/16/xss-in-webrick-cve-2010-0541/
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386:
irb-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
irb-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc:
irb-1.8.1-16.el4.ppc.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-16.el4.ppc.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.ppc.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.ppc64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-16.el4.ppc.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-16.el4.ppc.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.ppc.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.ppc64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-16.el4.ppc.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-16.el4.ppc.rpm
s390:
irb-1.8.1-16.el4.s390.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-16.el4.s390.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.s390.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-16.el4.s390.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-16.el4.s390.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.s390.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-16.el4.s390.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-16.el4.s390.rpm
s390x:
irb-1.8.1-16.el4.s390x.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-16.el4.s390x.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.s390.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.s390x.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-16.el4.s390x.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-16.el4.s390x.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.s390.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.s390x.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-16.el4.s390x.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-16.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
irb-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386:
irb-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
irb-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386:
irb-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
irb-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
irb-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386:
irb-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
irb-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-16.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
irb-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-16.el4.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
Topic
Updated ruby packages that fix multiple security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.
Topic
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
Bugs Fixed
554485 - CVE-2009-4492 ruby WEBrick log escape sequence
587731 - CVE-2010-0541 Ruby WEBrick javascript injection flaw
678920 - CVE-2011-1005 Ruby: Untrusted codes able to modify arbitrary strings
682332 - CVE-2011-0188 ruby: memory corruption in BigDecimal on 64bit platforms