CVE-2008-2726

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2726
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-24 19:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the (1) rb_ary_splice 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; and (2) the rb_ary_replace function in 1.6.x allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption, aka the "beg + rlen" issue. 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ruby-lang Ruby All All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ruby-lang.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
rPath update for ruby - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
Ruby 1.8.6-p230/1.8.7 broke your app? Ruby Enterprise Edition to the rescue! « Phusion Corporate Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.phusion.nl Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for ruby1.8 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
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About the security content of Security Update 2008-004 and Mac OS X 10.5.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Riding Rails: Multiple Ruby security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 weblog.rubyonrails.org Third Party Advisory
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About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
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Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1612-1 ruby1.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2008-06-30 Security Update 2008-004 and Mac OS X v10.5.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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USN-621-1: Ruby vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
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issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2626 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com Broken Link
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wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0206 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Broken Link
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:140 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Slackware update for ruby - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[ruby] Revision 17460 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.ruby-lang.org Vendor Advisory
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