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===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: ruby security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1140-02 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1140.html Issue date: 2009-07-02 CVE Names: CVE-2007-1558 CVE-2009-0642 CVE-2009-1904 =====================================================================
1. Summary:
Updated ruby packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has features to process text files and to do system management tasks.
A flaw was found in the way the Ruby POP module processed certain APOP authentication requests. By sending certain responses when the Ruby APOP module attempted to authenticate using APOP against a POP server, a remote attacker could, potentially, acquire certain portions of a user's authentication credentials. (CVE-2007-1558)
It was discovered that Ruby did not properly check the return value when verifying X.509 certificates. This could, potentially, allow a remote attacker to present an invalid X.509 certificate, and have Ruby treat it as valid. (CVE-2009-0642)
A flaw was found in the way Ruby converted BigDecimal objects to Float numbers. If an attacker were able to provide certain input for the BigDecimal object converter, they could crash an application using this class. (CVE-2009-1904)
All Ruby users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
241191 - CVE-2007-1558 fetchmail/mutt/evolution/...: APOP password disclosure vulnerability 486183 - CVE-2009-0642 ruby: Incorrect checks for validity of X.509 certificates 504958 - CVE-2009-1904 ruby: DoS vulnerability in BigDecimal
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source: ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.src.rpm
i386: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm
ia64: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm
ppc: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ppc.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ppc.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ppc.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ppc64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ppc.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ppc.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ppc.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ppc64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ppc.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ppc.rpm
s390: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390.rpm
s390x: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390x.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390x.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390x.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390x.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390x.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390x.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390x.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.s390x.rpm
x86_64: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source: ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.src.rpm
i386: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm
x86_64: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source: ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.src.rpm
i386: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm
ia64: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm
x86_64: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source: ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.src.rpm
i386: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm
ia64: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.ia64.rpm
x86_64: irb-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.el4_8.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.src.rpm
i386: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm
x86_64: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.src.rpm
i386: ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm
x86_64: ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.src.rpm
i386: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm
ia64: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ia64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ia64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ia64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ia64.rpm ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ia64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ia64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ia64.rpm ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ia64.rpm ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ia64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ia64.rpm
ppc: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ppc.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ppc.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ppc64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ppc.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ppc64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ppc.rpm ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ppc.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ppc.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ppc64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ppc.rpm ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ppc.rpm ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ppc.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.ppc.rpm
s390x: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.s390x.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.s390.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.s390x.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.s390.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.s390x.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.s390x.rpm ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.s390x.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.s390.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.s390x.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.s390x.rpm ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.s390x.rpm ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.s390x.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: ruby-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.i386.rpm ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-ri-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.el5_3.7.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1558 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0642 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1904 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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