RHSA-2008:0895Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby security update

Published
October 21, 2008
Last Modified
May 18, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2008-3443 →CVE-2008-3655 →

📋 Description

CVE-2008-3443 — ruby: Memory allocation failure in Ruby regex engine (remotely exploitable DoS) CVE-2008-3655 — ruby: multiple insufficient safe mode restrictions

🎯 Affected products24

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
  • irb-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • irb-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
  • irb-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
  • ruby-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • ruby-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
  • ruby-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
  • ruby-0:1.6.4-7.el2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • ruby-0:1.6.4-7.el2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
  • ruby-0:1.6.4-7.el2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
  • ruby-devel-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • ruby-devel-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
  • ruby-devel-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
  • ruby-docs-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • ruby-docs-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
  • ruby-docs-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
  • ruby-libs-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • ruby-libs-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
  • ruby-libs-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
  • ruby-tcltk-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • ruby-tcltk-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
  • ruby-tcltk-0:1.6.4-7.el2.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1

✅ Remediation

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/FAQ_58_10188

🔗 References (5)