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>> Fedora Security Update Fixes Ruby Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Title : Fedora Security Update Fixes Ruby Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2788
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1447 - CVE-2008-3443 - CVE-2008-3655 - CVE-2008-3656 - CVE-2008-3657 - CVE-2008-3790
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-10-13

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Fedora, which could be exploited by attackers or malicious users to bypass security restrictions, cause a denial of service or gain elevated privileges. These issues are caused by errors in Ruby. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2334 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-2428

Affected Products

Fedora 9
Fedora 8

Solution

Upgrade the affected package (ruby) :
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2788
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00259.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00299.html

ChangeLog

2008-10-13 : Initial release

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