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TITLE:
Red Hat update for ruby

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33013

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33013/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13653/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13651/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/4670/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for ruby. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an improper fix of CVE-2008-3656.

For more information:
SA31430
SA32371

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2008-0981:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0981.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31430:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31430/

SA32371:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32371/

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