Secunia Security Advisory - Mandriva has issued an update for ruby. This fixes some security issues, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks.
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TITLE:
Mandriva update for ruby
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28645
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28645/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Spoofing
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandriva Linux 2007
http://secunia.com/product/12165/
DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for ruby. This fixes some security
issues, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
spoofing attacks.
For more information:
SA26985
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
-- Mandriva Linux 2007 --
7d6503b580cadab905ac3ef4fde32495
2007.0/i586/ruby-1.8.5-2.3mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
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2007.0/i586/ruby-devel-1.8.5-2.3mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
a286449f58ebbb35ef96b104e8148394
2007.0/i586/ruby-doc-1.8.5-2.3mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
8124af6a429b10089ef3671f36285f81
2007.0/i586/ruby-tk-1.8.5-2.3mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
c542b49863e6407a3563e4bcf9207fbc
2007.0/SRPMS/ruby-1.8.5-2.3mdv2007.0.src.rpm
-- Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64 --
1488eb95c352a23961ad3729108aab31
2007.0/x86_64/ruby-1.8.5-2.3mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
729771da6e301b5c7b5754f95c85e478
2007.0/x86_64/ruby-devel-1.8.5-2.3mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
69827a0c924ffd3da5e084ea04e36fef
2007.0/x86_64/ruby-doc-1.8.5-2.3mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
cb12889526c54ed686c327c137f1320c
2007.0/x86_64/ruby-tk-1.8.5-2.3mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
c542b49863e6407a3563e4bcf9207fbc
2007.0/SRPMS/ruby-1.8.5-2.3mdv2007.0.src.rpm
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:029
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26985:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26985/
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