[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201207-06 ] JRuby: Denial of Service

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201207-06

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: JRuby: Denial of Service

Date: July 09, 2012

Bugs: #396305

ID: 201207-06

 

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Synopsis

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A hash collision vulnerability in JRuby allows remote attackers to

cause a Denial of Service condition.

 

Background

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JRuby is a Java-based Ruby interpreter implementation.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 dev-java/jruby < 1.6.5.1 >= 1.6.5.1

 

Description

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JRuby does not properly randomize hash functions to protect against

hash collision attacks.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker could send a specially crafted input, possibly

resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All JRuby users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/jruby-1.6.5.1"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-4838

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4838

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-06.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5