Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby CGI Module Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:11618

Info

Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby CGI Module Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11618
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2004-0983
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 08 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 08:06AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced in a vendor advisory.
Vulnerable: Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.2 pre2
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.2 pre1
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.1
+ Redhat Fedora Core3
 + Redhat Fedora Core2
 Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8
+ Redhat Fedora Core3
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
 Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.6.7
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.6
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
Turbolinux Home
SuSE Linux 8.1
SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
SuSE Linux 8.0
SGI ProPack 3.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3 i686
Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3
Redhat Fedora Core1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.0 mips
Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
Debian Linux 3.0 arm
Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby CGI Module Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Ruby is reported prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability. It is reported that when the Ruby CGI module handles certain requests, it may fall into an infinite loop and consume system CPU resources.

A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability to deny service to a computer that is running the affected Ruby CGI module.

Exploit / POC

Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby CGI Module Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby CGI Module Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian has released advisory (DSA 586-1) and fixes to address this vulnerability. Please see the referenced advisory for further details in regards to obtaining and installing appropriate updates.

Mandrake has released advisory MDKSA-2004:128 along with fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

Ubuntu Linux has released advisory USN-20-1 along with fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

RedHat has released advisories FEDORA-2004-402 and FEDORA-2004-403 dealing with this issue for their Fedora Core2 and Core 3 packages. Please see the referenced advisories for more information.

Gentoo Linux has made an advisory (GLSA 200411-23) available dealing with this issue. Gentoo has advised that all Ruby 1.6.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-1.6.8-r12"

All Ruby 1.8.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-1.8.2_pre3"

For more information please see the referenced Gentoo Linux advisory.

Red Hat has released an advisory (RHSA-2004:635-03) to address this issue in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Please see the advisory in Web references for more information.

SGI has released advisory 20050101-01-U (SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3 Security Update #21) to address various issues in SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3. This advisory includes updated SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 3 packages. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

SGI has released advisory 20050101-01-U (SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3 Security Update #23) to address various issues in SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3. This advisory includes updated SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 3 packages. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Turbolinux has released advisory Turbolinux Security Announcement 31/Jan/2005 to address various issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

SuSE Linux has released a security summary report (SUSE-SR:2005:004) that contains fixes to address this and other vulnerabilities. Customers are advised to peruse the referenced advisory for further information regarding obtaining and applying appropriate updates.

The Fedora Legacy project has released advisory FLSA:152768 to address this issue in RedHat Linux 7.3, 9, and Fedora Core 1. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.


Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.6

Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.6.7

Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8

Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.1

Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby 1.8.2 pre2

Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0

Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0

SGI ProPack 3.0

Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0

Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0

Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0

Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0

References

Yukihiro Matsumoto Ruby CGI Module Unspecified Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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