Re: patch sets for recent ruby vulnerabilities

[Jamie Strandboge <jamie () canonical com>]

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Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:16:52 +0900
From: Shugo Maeda <security () ruby-lang org>
To: Jamie Strandboge <jamie () canonical com>
Cc: security () ubuntu com
Subject: Re: patch sets for recent ruby vulnerabilities

Hello,

2008/6/25 Jamie Strandboge <jamie () canonical com>:
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > r17530 | nobu | 2008-06-22 07:16:45 +0900 (Sun, 22 Jun 2008) | 2 lines
> > Changed paths:
> >    M /branches/ruby_1_8/ChangeLog
> >    M /branches/ruby_1_8/string.c
> >
> > * string.c (str_buf_cat): check for self concatenation.
> Without having dived into the code yet, is this the fix for the
> regressions with rails and others?

No, it's not.
The following commit may be the cause of the problems with Rails.

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r15856 | matz | 2008-03-30 00:47:54 +0900 (Sun, 30 Mar 2008) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
   M /branches/ruby_1_8/ChangeLog
   M /branches/ruby_1_8/class.c

* class.c (clone_method): should copy cref as well.
  [ruby-core:15833]

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Shugo Maeda

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