The Ruby developers have released an update to the 1.9.3 series of their open source programming language, fixing a denial-of-service vulnerability. Ruby 1.9.3 patch level 327, labelled 1.9.3-p327, corrects a hash-flooding issue that could be exploited by an attacker to cause a high CPU load that can result in a denial-of-service. . The problem can be caused by an error when parsing specially crafted sequences of strings. The link for this article located at H Security is no longer available. . The Ruby 1.9.3 revision resolves the hash collision vulnerability that could lead to denial-of-service attacks. Ensure your installation is up to date for enhanced security.. Ruby Update, Denial Of Service, Hash Flooding, Software Patch, Open Source. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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