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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200906-02.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200906-02.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d9cfc64d --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200906-02.xml @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200906-02"> + <title>Ruby: Denial of Service</title> + <synopsis> + A flaw in the Ruby standard library might allow remote attackers to cause a + Denial of Service attack. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">ruby</product> + <announced>June 28, 2009</announced> + <revised>June 28, 2009: 01</revised> + <bug>273213</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-lang/ruby" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.8.6_p369</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.8.6_p369</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Ruby is an interpreted object-oriented programming language. The + elaborate standard library includes the "BigDecimal" class. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Tadayoshi Funaba reported that BigDecimal in + ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.c does not properly handle string arguments + containing overly long numbers. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could exploit this issue to remotely cause a Denial + of Service attack. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Ruby users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-1.8.6_p369"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1904">CVE-2009-1904</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:29:50 +0000"> + a3li + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:32:27 +0000"> + a3li + </metadata> +</glsa> |