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Gentoo: GLSA-200812-17 Normal: Ruby Code Execution and DoS Threats

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Calendar Grey December 16, 2008
Scroller Gentoo
Uncover various security flaws in Ruby that pose threats to Gentoo users, such as potential remote code execution and denial of service vulnerabilities.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ruby that allow for attacks including arbitrary code execution and Denial of Service.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-17 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Ruby: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: December 16, 2008 Bugs: #225465, #236060 ID: 200812-17

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ruby that allow for attacks including arbitrary code execution and Denial of Service.
Background ========= Ruby is an interpreted object-oriented programming language. The elaborate standard library includes an HTTP server ("WEBRick") and a class for XML parsing ("REXML").
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-lang/ruby < 1.8.6_p287-r1 >= 1.8.6_p287-r1
========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been di...

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