Ruby Creators Warn of Serious Flaws

LinuxSecurity.com: The Ruby programming language, which has become popular as the basis for web 2.0 sites such as Twitter, contains serious security flaws that could allow attackers to take over an organization's web server, according to the Ruby development team. The "disturbing" flaws, which were disclosed on Friday, could affect nearly any typical Ruby-based web application, according to Thomas Ptacek, founder of security firm Matasano. What do you think about this newly discovered security flaw in the Rudy programming language? As ruby continues to become popular will we see more security vulnerabilities found?

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