{"id":"MGASA-2016-0276","summary":"Updated ruby-eventmachine packages fix security vulnerability","details":"EventMachine could be crashed by opening a high number of parallel\nconnections (\u003e= 1024) towards a server using the EventMachine engine. The\ncrash happens due to the file descriptors overwriting the stack.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T04:27:42.106906Z","published":"2016-08-06T10:51:10Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0276.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18988"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lwn.net/Alerts/694766/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=678512"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=696015"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ruby-eventmachine","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/ruby-eventmachine?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.3-3.1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0276.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}