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[DSA1235] DSA-1235-1 ruby1.8

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1235-1 ruby1.8

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

A denial of service vulnerability has been discovered in the CGI library
included with Ruby, the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
object-oriented programming.
For the stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version
1.8.2-7sarge5.
We recommend that you upgrade your ruby1.8 package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1235
Network Security Threat Level: High

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Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2006 Michel Arboi

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