Ubuntu Security Notice 273-1: Yukihiro Matsumoto reported that Ruby's HTTP module uses blocking sockets. By sending large amounts of data to a server application that uses this module, a remote attacker could exploit this to render this application unusable and not respond any more to other clients (Denial of Service).
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