[ GLSA 200411-23 ] Ruby: Denial of Service issue

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-23
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Ruby: Denial of Service issue
      Date: November 16, 2004
      Bugs: #69985
        ID: 200411-23

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Synopsis
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The CGI module in Ruby can be sent into an infinite loop, resulting in
a Denial of Service condition.

Background
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Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
object-oriented programming. Ruby's CGI module can be used to build web
applications.

Affected packages
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     Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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  1 dev-lang/ruby < 1.8.2_pre3 *>= 1.6.8-r12
>= 1.8.2_pre3

Description
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Ruby's developers found and fixed an issue in the CGI module that can
be triggered remotely and cause an infinite loop.

Impact
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A remote attacker could trigger the vulnerability through an exposed
Ruby web application and cause the server to use unnecessary CPU
resources, potentially resulting in a Denial of Service.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Ruby 1.6.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-1.6.8-r12"

All Ruby 1.8.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-1.8.2_pre3"

References
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  [ 1 ] CAN-2004-0983
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0983

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

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-23.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_at_gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2004 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.

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