1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200906-02 / ruby |
| Release Date | June 28, 2009 |
| Latest Revision | June 28, 2009: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| dev-lang/ruby | < 1.8.6_p369 | >= 1.8.6_p369 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #273213
A flaw in the Ruby standard library might allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service attack.
Ruby is an interpreted object-oriented programming language. The elaborate standard library includes the "BigDecimal" class.
Tadayoshi Funaba reported that BigDecimal in ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.c does not properly handle string arguments containing overly long numbers.
A remote attacker could exploit this issue to remotely cause a Denial of Service attack.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Ruby users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-1.8.6_p369" |