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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>