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Gentoo update for rails
Secunia Advisory: SA21466
Release Date: 2006-08-15
Popularity: 5,801 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Unknown
DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for rails. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA21424

Solution:
Update to "dev-ruby/rails-1.1.6" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-20.xml

Other References:
SA21424:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21424/


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