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Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:33:19 +0100
From: Thomas Biege <thomas@...e.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE request: ruby: FileUtils is vulnerable to symlink race attacks + Exception methods can bypass $SAFE


AFAIK this two need a CVE-ID:
1) http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/02/18/fileutils-is-vulnerable-to-symlink-race-attacks/
2) http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/02/18/exception-methods-can-bypass-safe/

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