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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200611-12
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Ruby: Denial of Service vulnerability
      Date: November 20, 2006
      Bugs: #153497
        ID: 200611-12

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Synopsis
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The Ruby cgi.rb CGI library is vulnerable to a Denial of Service
attack.

Background
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Ruby is a dynamic, open source programming language with a focus on
simplicity and productivity.

Affected packages
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     Package        /  Vulnerable  /                        Unaffected
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  1  dev-lang/ruby     < 1.8.5-r3                          >= 1.8.5-r3

Description
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Zed Shaw, Jeremy Kemper, and Jamis Buck of the Mongrel project reported
that the CGI library shipped with Ruby is vulnerable to a remote Denial
of Service by an unauthenticated user.

Impact
======

The vulnerability can be exploited by sending the cgi.rb library an
HTTP request with multipart MIME encoding that contains a malformed
MIME boundary specifier beginning with "-" instead of "--". Successful
exploitation of the vulnerability causes the library to go into an
infinite loop waiting for additional non-existent input.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Ruby users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-1.8.5-r3"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-5467
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5467

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-12.xml

Concerns?
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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
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Copyright 2006 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