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authorAlex Legler <alex@a3li.li>2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+
+<glsa id="200411-23">
+ <title>Ruby: Denial of Service issue</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ The CGI module in Ruby can be sent into an infinite loop, resulting in a
+ Denial of Service condition.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">Ruby</product>
+ <announced>November 16, 2004</announced>
+ <revised>November 16, 2004: 01</revised>
+ <bug>69985</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-lang/ruby" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="rge">1.6.8-r12</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.8.2_pre3</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.8.2_pre3</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
+ object-oriented programming. Ruby's CGI module can be used to build web
+ applications.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Ruby's developers found and fixed an issue in the CGI module that
+ can be triggered remotely and cause an infinite loop.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could trigger the vulnerability through an
+ exposed Ruby web application and cause the server to use unnecessary
+ CPU resources, potentially resulting in a Denial of Service.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Ruby 1.6.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-1.6.8-r12"</code>
+ <p>
+ All Ruby 1.8.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-1.8.2_pre3"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0983">CAN-2004-0983</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:02:12 +0000">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:02:22 +0000">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 15 Nov 2004 20:10:34 +0000">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>