CVE Request [Microsoft Windows Ruby-v1.9.x] -- Buffer over-run leading to ACE

[Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov () redhat com>]

Hi Steve, vendors,

  Ruby upstream has released latest v1.9.1-p429, v1.9.2 RC1 versions, addressing one
  security issue, present on Microsoft Windows operating systems, where version of Ruby
  language is v1.9.x based:
    [1] http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2010/07/02/ruby-1-9-1-p429-is-released/
    [2] http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2010/07/02/ruby-1-9-2-rc1-is-released/
    [3] http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_9_2_rc1/ChangeLog

Quoting from [1]:

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A security vulnerability that causes buffer overflow when you assign
a danger value to ARGF.inplace_mode on Windows. It possibly allows an
attacker to execute an arbitrary code.

The affected versions are:

    * Ruby 1.9.1 patchlevel 378 and all prior versions.
    * Ruby 1.9.2 preview 3 and all prior versions.
    * Development versions of Ruby 1.9 (1.9.3dev).

I recommend you to upgrade your ruby 1.9 to 1.9.1-p429 or 1.9.2-rc1.

The vulnerability does not directly affect to Ruby 1.8 series.
Credit

The vulnerability was found and reported by Masaya TARUI.

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Though this not affecting the Linux version of Ruby, we will need a CVE identifier
for purpose of properly tracking is.

Steve, could you please allocate one?

Thanks && Regards, Jan.
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Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Response Team