This bug was fixed in the package ruby1.8 - 1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.3

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ruby1.8 (1.8.6.111-2ubuntu1.3) hardy-security; urgency=low

  * SECURITY UPDATE: certificate spoofing via invalid return value check
    in OCSP_basic_verify
    - debian/patches/904_security_CVE-2009-0642.dpatch: also check for -1
      return code in ext/openssl/ossl_ocsp.c.
    - CVE-2009-0642
  * SECURITY UPDATE: denial of service in BigDecimal library via string
    argument that represents a large number (LP: #385436)
    - debian/patches/905_security_CVE-2009-1904.dpatch: handle large
      numbers properly in ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.c.
    - CVE-2009-1904

 -- Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauri...@ubuntu.com>   Wed, 15 Jul 2009
13:06:03 -0400

** Changed in: ruby1.8 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-0642

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DoS vulnerability in BigDecimal Ruby Library
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385436
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