1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200507-10 / ruby |
| Release Date | July 11, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | July 11, 2005: 01 |
| Impact | high |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| dev-lang/ruby | < 1.8.2-r2 | >= 1.8.2-r2 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #96784
A vulnerability in XMLRPC.iPIMethods allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. XML-RPC is a remote procedure call protocol encoded in XML.
Nobuhiro IMAI reported that an invalid default value in "utils.rb" causes the security protections of the XML-RPC server to fail.
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Ruby users should upgrade to the latest available version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-1.8.2-r2" |