# Ruby 1.8.5-p2 released

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-p2-released/78213>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 4, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-p2-released/78213 "2006-12-04T03:32:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Urabe\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/ecc23a/32.png) [@Urabe\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Urabe_S)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-p2-released/78213/1 "2006-12-04T03:32:08Z")

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Hello,

We released a new Ruby release called 1.8.5-p2, fixing some DoS  
vulnerabilities recently reported.  
Details should be posted at following URL:

[Another DoS Vulnerability in CGI Library](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library)

And Ruby itself is now available at:

ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/ruby-1.8.5-p2.tar.gz  
a3517a224716f79b14196adda3e88057

Thanks,

– URABE Shyouhei [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![Urabe\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/ecc23a/32.png) [@Urabe\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Urabe_S)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-p2-released/78213/2 "2006-12-04T15:13:20Z")

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On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 11:30 +0900, Urabe S. wrote:

> ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/ruby-1.8.5-p2.tar.gz  
> a3517a224716f79b14196adda3e88057

And mirrored here:

[http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=426](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=426)

Yours,

tom

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**Author:** ![Urabe\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/ecc23a/32.png) [@Urabe\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Urabe_S)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-p2-released/78213/3 "2006-12-04T15:51:25Z")

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Tom C. wrote:

> > And Ruby itself is now available at:
> 
> tom

And in the Gentoo Portage repository and installed on my machines. 🙂

–  
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)  
[http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/](http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/)

If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given  
rabbits fire.

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**Author:** ![Urabe\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/ecc23a/32.png) [@Urabe\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Urabe_S)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-p2-released/78213/4 "2006-12-06T06:36:23Z")

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On Monday 04 December 2006 23:50, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> > > -cgi-library  
> > > Yours,
> > 
> > tom
> 
> And in the Gentoo Portage repository and installed on my machines. 🙂

And in ArchLinux current repository 🙂

^manveru

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**Author:** ![Urabe\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/ecc23a/32.png) [@Urabe\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Urabe_S)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-5-p2-released/78213/5 "2006-12-15T19:29:44Z")

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M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> > > [Another DoS Vulnerability in CGI Library](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2006/12/04/another-dos-vulnerability-in-cgi-library)  
> > > [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=426](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=426)

Does this need to be done in the Windows One-Click installer and Instant  
Rails?

–  
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)  
[http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/](http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/)

If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given  
rabbits fire.