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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200507-10">
  <title>Ruby: Arbitrary command execution through XML-RPC</title>
  <synopsis>
    A vulnerability in XMLRPC.iPIMethods allows remote attackers to execute
    arbitrary commands.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">ruby</product>
  <announced>2005-07-11</announced>
  <revised count="01">2005-07-11</revised>
  <bug>96784</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-lang/ruby" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.8.2-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.8.2-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
    object-oriented programming. XML-RPC is a remote procedure call
    protocol encoded in XML.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Nobuhiro IMAI reported that an invalid default value in "utils.rb"
    causes the security protections of the XML-RPC server to fail.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute
    arbitrary commands.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Ruby users should upgrade to the latest available version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-lang/ruby-1.8.2-r2"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1992">CAN-2005-1992</uri>
    <uri link="https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html">Ruby Security Announcement</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-07-09T18:51:00Z">
    vorlon078
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-07-09T19:20:33Z">
    DerCorny
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-07-11T12:47:35Z">
    koon
  </metadata>
</glsa>