-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:177 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : ruby Date : July 29, 2009 Affected: Enterprise Server 5.0 _______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: The BigDecimal library in Ruby 1.8.6 before p369 and 1.8.7 before p173 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a string argument that represents a large number, as demonstrated by an attempted conversion to the Float data type. This update corrects the problem. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1904 _______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandriva Enterprise Server 5: d522ab4a96f29c8ae4cb60c73e750457 mes5/i586/ruby-1.8.7-7p72.1mdvmes5.i586.rpm 9aa6efe7e8ee13bf9c718579e9248e55 mes5/i586/ruby-devel-1.8.7-7p72.1mdvmes5.i586.rpm c64ccd9e38432c5f035752d4b60acbf3 mes5/i586/ruby-doc-1.8.7-7p72.1mdvmes5.i586.rpm 670b08d1f4e72978ed94aaa8817f94a8 mes5/i586/ruby-tk-1.8.7-7p72.1mdvmes5.i586.rpm 81fa60b8e779527ab38e1f1e29fbbab7 mes5/SRPMS/ruby-1.8.7-7p72.1mdvmes5.src.rpm Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64: 0956bc7cc93aa4e5d0f91b9b24932f64 mes5/x86_64/ruby-1.8.7-7p72.1mdvmes5.x86_64.rpm 0dd370e2bf7e06c17080c9c952a1b691 mes5/x86_64/ruby-devel-1.8.7-7p72.1mdvmes5.x86_64.rpm a43cd3b48a9c25d7e0263885034cf6a0 mes5/x86_64/ruby-doc-1.8.7-7p72.1mdvmes5.x86_64.rpm 033e65a325fe239f5ea24fa04fcbdf5e mes5/x86_64/ruby-tk-1.8.7-7p72.1mdvmes5.x86_64.rpm 81fa60b8e779527ab38e1f1e29fbbab7 mes5/SRPMS/ruby-1.8.7-7p72.1mdvmes5.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_(at)_mandriva.com _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team <security*mandriva.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKcASJmqjQ0CJFipgRAoiuAJ0ZqRxHCuYwesiGzGRjOz/0cSgYUgCdFUDw 8W017F1G2sKJE4ZYsGdFzhs= =boPR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
