Ruby 'pack. c' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Ruby 'pack. c' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Affected Systems:
Ruby 1.9.3
Ruby
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 68474
 
Ruby is a scripting language created for simple and quick Object-Oriented Programming (Object-Oriented Programming.
 
Ruby 1.9.3 and other versions have the buffer overflow vulnerability in pack. c. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application.
 
<* Source: Will Wood
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:
 
Ruby
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:
 
Http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2012/04/20/ruby-1-9-3-p194-is-released/

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