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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-1992
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CVE-2005-1992

Description:
The XMLRPC server in utils.rb for the ruby library (libruby) 1.8 sets an invalid default value that prevents "security protection" using handlers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

SUSE
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA16920

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-543.html

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-748

CONFIRM
  http://www2.ruby-lang.org/en/20050701.html
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315064
  http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/5237

CIAC
  http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml

CERT-VN
  684913

BID
  14016

AUSCERT
  http://www.auscert.org.au/5509

APPLE
  http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html


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