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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: 12,237 views

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

Software:Ruby 1.8.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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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.

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