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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200605-11
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Ruby: Denial of Service
      Date: May 10, 2006
      Bugs: #130657
        ID: 200605-11

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Synopsis
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Ruby WEBrick and XMLRPC servers are vulnerable to Denial of Service.

Background
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Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
object-oriented programming. It comes bundled with HTTP ("WEBrick") and
XMLRPC server objects.

Affected packages
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     Package        /  Vulnerable  /                        Unaffected
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  1  dev-lang/ruby     < 1.8.4-r1                          >= 1.8.4-r1

Description
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Ruby uses blocking sockets for WEBrick and XMLRPC servers.

Impact
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An attacker could send large amounts of data to an affected server to
block the socket and thus deny other connections to the server.

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-1.8.4-r1"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-1931
        https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1931
  [ 2 ] Ruby release announcement
        https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20051224.html

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

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-11.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
https://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.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5