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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1618-1] New ruby1.9 packages fix several vulnerabilitie

    From Moritz Muehlenhoff@1:229/2 to All on Sat Jul 26 17:30:20 2008
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1618-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
    July 26, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : ruby1.9
    Vulnerability : several
    Problem-Type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE ID : CVE-2008-2662 CVE-2008-2663 CVE-2008-2664 CVE-2008-2725 CVE-2008-2726 CVE-2008-2376

    Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for
    the Ruby language, which may lead to denial of service or the
    execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
    project identifies the following problems:

    CVE-2006-2662

    Drew Yao discovered that multiple integer overflows in the string
    processing code may lead to denial of service and potentially the
    execution of arbitrary code.

    CVE-2008-2663

    Drew Yao discovered that multiple integer overflows in the string
    processing code may lead to denial of service and potentially the
    execution of arbitrary code.

    CVE-2008-2664

    Drew Yao discovered that a programming error in the string
    processing code may lead to denial of service and potentially the
    execution of arbitrary code.

    CVE-2008-2725

    Drew Yao discovered that an integer overflow in the array handling
    code may lead to denial of service and potentially the execution
    of arbitrary code.

    CVE-2008-2726

    Drew Yao discovered that an integer overflow in the array handling
    code may lead to denial of service and potentially the execution
    of arbitrary code.

    CVE-2008-2376

    It was discovered that an integer overflow in the array handling
    code may lead to denial of service and potentially the execution
    of arbitrary code.

    For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
    version 1.9.0+20060609-1etch2.

    For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
    version 1.9.0.2-2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your ruby1.9 packages.

    Upgrade instructions
    - --------------------

    wget url
    will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
    will install the referenced file.

    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:

    apt-get update
    will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
    will install corrected packages

    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.


    Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
    - -------------------------------

    Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/ruby1.9_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 26264 467128b32ddc72efdb8dcc94dde7b83e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/ruby1.9_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1102 41bfadd2129611fa57db1a9a9599732a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/ruby1.9_1.9.0+20060609.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 4450198 483d9b46a973c7e14f7586f0b1129891

    Architecture independent packages:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/ruby1.9-examples_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 264188 281f502b10cd5aa537cb0ae2882f28df
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/rdoc1.9_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 318246 f76f378d70628765f77a73eafbcd1f5d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/ri1.9_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 685406 86521ce68e8d4cd7b81773f243ac9b0a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/irb1.9_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 255668 9eaf949d3282bb1cd569daa6c076dc58
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/ruby1.9-elisp_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 228058 2b4842ced30aeff1ce2b8326f46b0222

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/libdbm-ruby1.9_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 217046 f33739f10b5726a0271d375b7ccbdee4
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/ruby1.9_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 237224 31576c61f565132bb0e7b9d82f1e68e3
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/libopenssl-ruby1.9_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 324120 cf5596272b914ebf6b9562a9509ae59e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/ruby1.9-dev_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 960464 5bbe1024d9c8d0e42a1af0d0f14bd959
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/libgdbm-ruby1.9_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 216316 a1cc2dc918febd593f1ea6146ace8f93
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/libtcltk-ruby1.9_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1880690 006715d933fc8cabf8a74203cbed4d9d
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/libruby1.9-dbg_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 339652 c69c076dc020260ad40f1693800d0b72
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/libreadline-ruby1.9_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 217064 adb97f78aec310381faa3b5ac1cad5b8
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/libruby1.9_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1888672 7b374de959cd84b7b65aa679324831c8

    amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/libopenssl-ruby1.9_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 322902 97753c5a04642d38a116f5e01896059c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/ruby1.9/libreadline-ruby1.9_1.9.0+20060609-1etch2_amd64.deb

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