Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ruby. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
The return value from the OCSP_basic_verify function was not checked properly, allowing continued use of a revoked certificate.
An issue in parsing BigDecimal numbers can result in a denial-of-service condition (crash).
The following matrix identifies fixed versions:
| ruby1.8 | ruby1.9 | |
|---|---|---|
| oldstable (etch) | 1.8.5-4etch5 | 1.9.0+20060609-1etch5 |
| stable (lenny) | 1.8.7.72-3lenny1 | 1.9.0.2-9lenny1 |
| unstable (sid) | 1.8.7.173-1 | (soon) |
We recommend that you upgrade your Ruby packages.
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.