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Gentoo: GLSA-200611-12 Normal: Ruby cgi.rb Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey November 20, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The Gentoo GLSA 200611-13 emphasizes a critical vulnerability in the Python urllib library that can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) attack, detailing essential mitigation steps
The Ruby cgi.rb CGI library is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200611-12 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Ruby: Denial of Service vulnerability Date: November 20, 2006 Bugs: #153497 ID: 200611-12

Synopsis ======= The Ruby cgi.rb CGI library is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack.
Background ========= Ruby is a dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-lang/ruby < 1.8.5-r3 >= 1.8.5-r3
========== Zed Shaw, Jeremy Kemper, and Jamis Buck of the Mongrel project reported that the CGI library shipped with Ruby is vulnerable to a remote Denial of Service by an unauthenti...

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