Bug 458789 - [ruby] Ruby allows modification of a global variable at $SAFE=4
Summary: [ruby] Ruby allows modification of a global variable at $SAFE=4
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 458948
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2008-08-12 10:26 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:26 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-08-13 13:24:51 UTC
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2008-08-12 10:26:38 UTC 
Description of problem:

Ruby allows modification of a global variable at safe level of $SAFE=4
via trace_var and untrace_var methods (Setting the hook to the variable, which is called when the value of the variable changed).

Proposed patch:

http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=17692
Comment 3 Jan Lieskovsky 2008-08-13 13:24:51 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 458948 ***
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