Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for ruby. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for ruby
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17094
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17094/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for ruby. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.
For more information:
SA16904
SOLUTION:
Update to "dev-lang/ruby-1.8.3" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-05.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16904:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16904/
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