Name | CVE-2008-2664 |
Description | The rb_str_format function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22, and 1.9.0 before 1.9.0-2 allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption via unspecified vectors related to alloca, a different issue than CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663, and CVE-2008-2725. NOTE: as of 20080624, there has been inconsistent usage of multiple CVE identifiers related to Ruby. The CVE description should be regarded as authoritative, although it is likely to change. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DSA-1612-1, DSA-1618-1 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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ruby1.8 | source | etch | 1.8.5-4etch2 | DSA-1612-1 | ||
ruby1.8 | source | (unstable) | 1.8.7.22-1 | |||
ruby1.9 | source | etch | 1.9.0+20060609-1etch2 | DSA-1618-1 | ||
ruby1.9 | source | (unstable) | 1.9.0.2-1 |