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Ruby CGI Session Management Insecure File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA12290
Release Date: 2004-08-16
Last Update: 2006-12-12
Popularity: 10,507 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Ruby 1.8.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2004-0755


Description:
Andres Salomon has reported a vulnerability in Ruby, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to the CGI session management creating certain files containing session information with insecure permissions in the "/tmp" folder.

Solution:
Update to version 1.8.2 or later.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Andres Salomon

Changelog:
2006-12-12: Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-537


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