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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201207-06">
+ <title>JRuby: Denial of service</title>
+ <synopsis>A hash collision vulnerability in JRuby allows remote attackers to
+ cause a Denial of Service condition.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">jruby</product>
+ <announced>2012-07-09</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2012-07-09</revised>
+ <bug>396305</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-java/jruby" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.6.5.1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.6.5.1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>JRuby is a Java-based Ruby interpreter implementation.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>JRuby does not properly randomize hash functions to protect against hash
+ collision attacks.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted input, possibly
+ resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All JRuby users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-java/jruby-1.6.5.1"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4838">CVE-2011-4838</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata timestamp="2012-06-11T19:25:16Z" tag="requester">ackle</metadata>
+ <metadata timestamp="2012-07-09T22:35:40Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
+</glsa>