OpenPKG Security Advisory
OpenPKG-SA-2006.016
Publisher Name: OpenPKG GmbH
Publisher Home: http://openpkg.com/
Advisory Id (public): OpenPKG-SA-2006.016
Advisory Type: OpenPKG Security Advisory (SA)
Advisory Directory: http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA
Advisory Document: http://openpkg.com/go/OpenPKG-SA-2006.016
Advisory Published: 2008-10-06 23:06 UTC
Issue Id (internal): OpenPKG-SI-20060728.02
Issue First Created: 2006-07-28
Issue Last Modified: 2006-12-07
Issue Revision: 08
Subject Name: Ruby
Subject Summary: The Ruby Scripting Language
Subject Home: http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Subject Versions: * <= 1.8.4
Vulnerability Id: CVE-2006-3694
Vulnerability Scope: global (not OpenPKG specific)
Attack Feasibility: run-time
Attack Vector: local system
Attack Impact: privilege escalation
Description:
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Ruby [1] programming
language allow remote attackers to bypass "safe level" checks via
unspecified vectors involving the "alias" function, directory
operations and regular expressions.
References:
[1] http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Primary Package Name: ruby
Primary Package Home: http://openpkg.org/go/package/ruby
Affected Distribution: Affected Branch: Affected Package:
OpenPKG Community 2.5-SOLID ruby-1.8.3-2.5.0
OpenPKG Community 2-STABLE ruby-1.8.4-2.20060622
OpenPKG Community CURRENT ruby-1.8.4-20051225
Corrected Distribution: Corrected Branch: Corrected Package:
OpenPKG Community 2.5-SOLID ruby-1.8.3-2.5.1
OpenPKG Community 2-STABLE ruby-1.8.4-2.20060728
OpenPKG Community CURRENT ruby-1.8.4-20060728