From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2008-04-23T05:32:30+09:00
Subject: Re: gem malfunction

On Apr 22, 2008, at 06:07 AM, Albert Schlef wrote:

> Sometimes, when I use 'gem' to install a package, say 'sudo gem  
> install
> dbi', gem uses up all my memory and CPU, and, if I can't manage to
> arrive at a terminal and do 'sudo killall -9 ruby', I'm left with no
> choice but reboot my Ubuntu box.
>
> I'm using Ruby 1.8, gem 0.9.0.

Upgrade your RubyGems.  0.9.0 has a security vulnerability that allows  
a malicious gem to overwrite any file on your filesystem.