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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200507-10.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200507-10">
<title>Ruby: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC</title>
<synopsis>
A vulnerability in XMLRPC.iPIMethods allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary commands.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">ruby</product>
<announced>July 11, 2005</announced>
<revised>July 11, 2005: 01</revised>
<bug>96784</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-lang/ruby" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">1.8.2-r2</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">1.8.2-r2</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
object-oriented programming. XML-RPC is a remote procedure call
protocol encoded in XML.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Nobuhiro IMAI reported that an invalid default value in "utils.rb"
causes the security protections of the XML-RPC server to fail.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute
arbitrary commands.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All Ruby users should upgrade to the latest available version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=dev-lang/ruby-1.8.2-r2&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1992">CAN-2005-1992</uri>
<uri link="http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html">Ruby Security Announcement</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 09 Jul 2005 18:51:00 +0000">
vorlon078
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 09 Jul 2005 19:20:33 +0000">
DerCorny
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:47:35 +0000">
koon
</metadata>
</glsa>