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Deserialization issues also affect Ruby, not just Java, PHP, and .NET

Java, .NET, PHP, and now Ruby. Python, are you next?

 

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November 10th, 2018,  By Catalin Cimpanu

 

The Ruby programming language is impacted by a similar “deserialization issue” that has affected and wreaked havoc in the Java ecosystem in 2016; an issue that later also proved to be a problem for .NET and PHP applications as well.

 

The issue at the heart of this problem is how Ruby handles the process of serialization –and its counterpart, deserialization.

 

Serialization is the process of converting a data object into a binary format so it can be sent over a network, stored inside a database, or saved on disk. As you might imagine, deserialization is the opposite process, of reversing a binary blob back into its data object structure that can then be fed back into the programming language for further processing at a later date.

 

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