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Ubuntu 8.10: USN-691-2 Severe Python Security Flaw Detected
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December 16, 2008
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-691-1 December 16, 2008 ruby1.9 vulnerability CVE-2008-3443, CVE-2008-379
Laurent Gaffie discovered that Ruby did not properly check for memory allocation failures
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