Vulnerabilities of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system that allow a remote attacker to compromise the accessibility of protected information

Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the libruby1.8 package of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may lead to a violation of the accessibility of protected information. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely...

[USN-1603-1] Ruby vulnerabilities

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1603-1 October 10, 2012 ruby1.8 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : ruby1.8 vulnerabilities (USN-1603-1)

Shugo Maedo and Vit Ondruch discovered that Ruby incorrectly allowed untainted strings to be modified in protective safe levels. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended access restrictions. CVE-2012-4466, CVE-2012-4481. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...