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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201001-09 (ruby)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 201001-09.

Insight

Insight

An input sanitation flaw in the WEBrick HTTP server included in Ruby might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary control characters into terminal sessions.

Solution

Solution

All Ruby 1.8.7 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/ruby-1.8.7_p249' All Ruby 1.8.6 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/ruby-1.8.6_p388' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20201001-09 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=300468

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