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