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Fedora Core 5 2006-1440: ruby

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the ruby package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory FEDORA-2006-1440 (ruby).

Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text
files and to do system management tasks (as in Perl). It is simple,
straight-forward, and extensible.

Update information :

* Mon Dec 11 2006 Akira TAGOH - 1.8.5.2-1
- security fix release. (#218289)

Solution : Get the newest Fedora Updates
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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