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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3159-1 (ruby1.8 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
It was discovered that the REXML parser, part of the interpreter for the Ruby language, could be coerced into allocating large string objects that could consume all available memory on the system. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).
Affected Software
Affected Software
ruby1.8 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.7.358-7.1+deb7u2. For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.5-1 of the ruby2.1 source package. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.5-1 of the ruby2.1 source package. We recommend that you upgrade your ruby1.8 packages.