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CVE-2008-2663

Multiple integer overflows in the rb_ary_store function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before

Multiple integer overflows in the rb_ary_store function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, and 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unknown vectors, a different issue than CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2664, 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.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.1019

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EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 7% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules3 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-190Integer Overflow or Wraparound

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Affected Products & Versions

6

ruby-lang ruby<= 1.8.4
ruby-lang ruby> 1.8.5 and < 1.8.5.231
ruby-lang ruby>= 1.8.6 and < 1.8.6.230
ruby-lang ruby>= 1.8.7 and < 1.8.7.22
debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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Sigma Hunt Rules

3

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

productmediumRuby on Rails Framework Exceptions

productmediumPotential Ruby Reverse Shell

productmediumRuby Inline Command Execution

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Scoring & Timeline

10

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD24 Jun 2008 · 07:41 PM

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Vendor Advisories

6

rhsaRHSA-2026:7307Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2026:8838Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2026:7305Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2008:0562Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2008:0561Moderate
Show all 6 vendor advisoriesusnUSN-621-1

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References & Sources

40

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/Third Party Advisory

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30802Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30831Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30867Third Party Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/30875Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30894Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/31062Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/31090Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/31181Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/31256Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/31687Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/33178Third Party Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.429562Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163Third Party Advisory

http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/6/21/multiple-ruby-security-vulnerabilitiesThird Party Advisory

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0206Broken Link

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1612Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1618Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:140Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142Third Party Advisory

http://www.matasano.com/log/1070/updates-on-drew-yaos-terrible-ruby-vulnerabilities/Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0561.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034Third Party Advisory

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.rubyinside.com/june-2008-ruby-security-vulnerabilities-927.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493688/100/0/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29903Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020347Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-621-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1907/referencesThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/referencesThird Party Advisory

http://www.zedshaw.com/rants/the_big_ruby_vulnerabilities.htmlBroken Link

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43346Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2626Broken Link

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10524Third Party Advisory

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00937.htmlThird Party Advisory

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