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Ruby creators warn of serious flaws
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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:35:25 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=101993 By Matthew Broersma Techworld 24 June 2008 The Ruby programming language, which has become popular as the basis for web 2.0 sites such as Twitter, contains serious security flaws that could allow attackers to take over an organisation's web server, according to the Ruby development team. The "disturbing" flaws, which were disclosed on Friday, could affect nearly any typical Ruby-based web application, according to Thomas Ptacek, founder of security firm Matasano. The five bugs affect Ruby version 1.8 up to 1.8.7-p21 and version 1.9 up to 1.9.0-1, according to the Ruby development team. Users can remedy the problem by upgrading to a patched version of Ruby, developers said, with patches available on the Ruby language site [1]. [1] http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/ [...] _______________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA, August 2-7 in Las Vegas, the world's premier technical event for ICT security experts. Featuring 40 hands-on training courses and 80 Briefings presentations with lots of new content and new tools. Network with 4,000 delegates from 50 nations. Visit product displays by 30 top sponsors in a relaxed setting. http://www.blackhat.com
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