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Brightbox deployment gem 2.4.1 released 17 Jul 2013 | 08:43 pm
We’ve just released version 2.4.1 of the Brightbox deployment gem, which includes a raft of improvements and some important changes. In general, it fixes a few corner cases with the bundler support a...
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS “Precise” now available 29 Apr 2013 | 12:42 pm
Available from today, you can now choose Ubuntu 12.04 LTS “Precise” as the base OS when building new Brightboxes, both 32-bit and 64-bit variants are available. Ubuntu Precise is the current Long Term...
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS “Precise” beta testing 16 Apr 2013 | 05:54 pm
We’re currently in the final stages of testing Ubuntu “Precise” (12.04 LTS) Brightboxes, we’re now looking for volunteers for beta testing. If you’re an existing customer and would like a Precise box ...
Another Rails JSON security bug 30 Jan 2013 | 05:09 pm
Another serious vulnerability in Rails has been discovered. Similarly to the last one, it concerns the parsing of JSON request bodies and can result in an attacker bypassing code, such as authenticati...
Rails JSON and XML security bugs 9 Jan 2013 | 07:08 am
Two serious vulnerabilities in Rails have been discovered. They concern the parsing of JSON and XML request bodies and can result in an attacker bypassing code, such as authentication systems, and may...
Rails SQL injection vulnerability 3 Jan 2013 | 04:15 pm
A security problem affecting all versions of Rails has been discovered. The vulnerability affects apps which use dynamic finders with Active Record. The original bug report has more detail about this ...
New Relic Agent vulnerability 7 Dec 2012 | 10:54 pm
New Relic have notified us of a security problem affecting the New Relic agent (gem) prior to version 3.5.3. The New Relic security advisory warns that the New Relic gem was transmitting database logi...
Passenger 3.0.17 and NGINX 1.2.3 packages for Ubuntu 12 Sep 2012 | 05:22 pm
We’ve just published Phusion Passenger 3.0.17 packages for Ubuntu on our repositories (Hardy, Lucid, Natty, Oneiric and Precise). We’ve also updated our NGINX packages to 1.2.3, and they now include W...
Passenger 3.0.14 and NGINX 1.2.2 packages for Ubuntu 3 Aug 2012 | 09:02 pm
We’ve just published Phusion Passenger 3.0.14 packages for Ubuntu on our repositories (Hardy, Lucid, Natty, Oneiric and Precise). We’ve also updated our NGINX packages to 1.2.2. They’re now available ...
MySQL authentication vulnerability 11 Jun 2012 | 05:54 pm
A bug in older MySQL releases (CVE-2012-2122) is getting a lot of attention today. The bug allows MySQL’s passsword security to be easily bypassed, allowing anyone to connect to MySQL as any valid use...
