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Denial of Service in Ruby |
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200906-02 |
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Gentoo |
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Keine Angabe |
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So, 28. Juni 2009, 23:40 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1904 |
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Ruby |
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Severity: Normal Title: Ruby: Denial of Service Date: June 28, 2009 Bugs: #273213 ID: 200906-02
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Synopsis ========
A flaw in the Ruby standard library might allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service attack.
Background ==========
Ruby is an interpreted object-oriented programming language. The elaborate standard library includes the "BigDecimal" class.
Affected packages =================
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-lang/ruby < 1.8.6_p369 >=3D 1.8.6_p369
Description ===========
Tadayoshi Funaba reported that BigDecimal in ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.c does not properly handle string arguments containing overly long numbers.
Impact ======
A remote attacker could exploit this issue to remotely cause a Denial of Service attack.
Workaround ==========
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution ==========
All Ruby users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=3Ddev-lang/ruby-1.8.6_p369"
References ==========
[ 1 ] CVE-2009-1904 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2009-1904
Availability ============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-02.xml
Concerns? =========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License =======
Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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