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Gentoo: GLSA-200510-05 Normal: Ruby Security Bypass Exploit Risk

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Calendar Grey October 6, 2005
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A vulnerability in Ruby on Gentoo could lead to security bypass issues. For your protection, make sure to upgrade. Check Gentoo's advisory for further insights.
Ruby is vulnerable to a security bypass of the safe level mechanism.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-05 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Ruby: Security bypass vulnerability Date: October 06, 2005 Bugs: #106996 ID: 200510-05

Synopsis ======= Ruby is vulnerable to a security bypass of the safe level mechanism.
Background ========= Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. Ruby supports the safe execution of untrusted code using a safe level and taint flag mechanism.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-lang/ruby < 1.8.3 >= 1.8.3
========== Dr. Yutaka Oiwa discovered that Ruby fails to properly enforce safe level protections.
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