Ubuntu Security Notice USN-146-1
29th June, 2005
ruby1.8 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 5.04
- Ubuntu 4.10
Details
Nobuhiro IMAI discovered that the changed default value of the
Module#public_instance_methods() method broke the security protection
of XMLRPC server handlers. A remote attacker could exploit this to
execute arbitrary commands on an XMLRPC server.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 5.04:
- ruby1.8
- libxmlrpc-ruby1.8
- Ubuntu 4.10:
- ruby1.8
- libxmlrpc-ruby1.8
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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