ruby1.8 1.8.7.299-2ubuntu0.1 source package in Ubuntu

Changelog

ruby1.8 (1.8.7.299-2ubuntu0.1) maverick-security; urgency=low

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Cross-site scripting via HTTP error responses
    - debian/patches/CVE-2010-0541.patch: Use the ISO-8859-1 character
      set for HTTP error responses. Based on upstream patch.
    - CVE-2010-0541
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Arbitrary code execution and denial of service
    - debian/patches/CVE-2011-0188.patch: Remove cast to prevent memory
      corruption during allocation. Based on upstream patch.
    - CVE-2011-0188
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Arbitrary file deletion due to symlink race
    - debian/patches/CVE-2011-1004.patch: Unlink the symlink rather
      than recursively removing everything underneath the symlink
      destination. Based on upstream patch.
    - CVE-2011-1004
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Safe level bypass
    - debian/patches/CVE-2011-1005.patch: Remove incorrect string taint
      in exception handling methods. Based on upstream patch.
    - CVE-2011-1005
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Predictable random number generation
    - debian/patches/CVE-2011-2686.patch: Reseed the random number
      generator each time a child process is created. Based on upstream
      patch.
    - CVE-2011-2686
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Predicatable random number generation
    - debian/patches/CVE-2011-2705.patch: Reseed the random number
      generator with the pid number and the current time to prevent
      predictable random numbers in the case of pid number rollover. Based on
      upstream patch.
    - CVE-2011-2705
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Denial of service via crafted hash table keys
    - debian/patches/CVE-2011-4815.patch: Add randomness to the key hashing
      algorithm to prevent predictable results when inserting objects into a
      hash table. Based on upstream patch.
    - CVE-2011-4815
 -- Tyler Hicks <email address hidden>   Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:28:51 -0600