Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for ruby. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for ruby
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30831
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30831/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information,
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/product/18642/
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/product/16769/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for ruby. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
disclose sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or
potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA29794
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update ruby").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00925.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00937.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29794:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29794/
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