Ruby Numeric Errors Vulnerability - CVE-2008-2725 - Vulnerability Database

Ruby Numeric Errors Vulnerability - CVE-2008-2725

High
Reference: CVE-2008-2725
Title: Ruby Numeric Errors Vulnerability
Overview:

Integer 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 and 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22 and (2) the rb_ary_replace function in 1.6.x allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption via unspecified vectors aka the quotREALLOC_Nquot variant a different issue than CVE-2008-2662 CVE-2008-2663 and CVE-2008-2664. 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.