Debian Security Advisory
DLA-549-1 ruby-eventmachine -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 15 Jul 2016
- Affected Packages:
- ruby-eventmachine
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 678512, Bug 696015.
- More information:
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EventMachine, a Ruby network engine could be crashed by opening a high number of parallel connections (>= 1024) towards a server using the EventMachine engine. The crash happens due to the file descriptors overwriting the stack.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 0.12.10-3+deb7u1.We recommend that you upgrade your ruby-eventmachine packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS