Security Vulnerability in Ruby on Rails 1.1.x
Product: Ruby on Rails
Affected: 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.4, 1.1.5
Problem Description
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Scott Barron and Tobias Luetke, of the Ruby on Rails Core Team, discovered a
fault with the dependency resolution mechanism which can, when exploited by a
remote attacker, leave a system vulnerable to denial of service attacks, or
even data loss.
All users of affected releases are advised to upgrade, or apply the relevant
patches immediately.
URL:
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2006/8/10/rails-1-1-6-backports-and-full-disclosure
Patches
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1.1.0: http://www.rubyonrails.org/files/aug_10_security/rel_1-1-0.diff
1.1.1: http://www.rubyonrails.org/files/aug_10_security/rel_1-1-1.diff
1.1.2: http://www.rubyonrails.org/files/aug_10_security/rel_1-1-2.diff
1.1.4: http://www.rubyonrails.org/files/aug_10_security/rel_1-1-4.diff
1.1.5 users should upgrade to 1.1.6.