diff -urN usr_lib_ruby_1.8_active_support.bak/json/backends/okjson.rb /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/active_support/json/backends/okjson.rb
--- usr_lib_ruby_1.8_active_support.bak/json/backends/okjson.rb	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/active_support/json/backends/okjson.rb	2013-02-02 18:56:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,644 @@
+module ActiveSupport
+  # Include OkJson as a replacement for the Yaml backend
+  # encoding: UTF-8
+  #
+  # Copyright 2011, 2012 Keith Rarick
+  #
+  # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+  # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+  # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+  # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+  # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+  # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+  #
+  # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+  # all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+  #
+  # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+  # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+  # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+  # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+  # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+  # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+  # THE SOFTWARE.
+
+  # See https://github.com/kr/okjson for updates.
+
+  require 'stringio'
+
+  # Some parts adapted from
+  # http://golang.org/src/pkg/json/decode.go and
+  # http://golang.org/src/pkg/utf8/utf8.go
+  module OkJson
+    Upstream = 'LTD7LBKLZWFF7OZK'
+    extend self
+
+
+    # Decodes a json document in string s and
+    # returns the corresponding ruby value.
+    # String s must be valid UTF-8. If you have
+    # a string in some other encoding, convert
+    # it first.
+    #
+    # String values in the resulting structure
+    # will be UTF-8.
+    def decode(s)
+      ts = lex(s)
+      v, ts = textparse(ts)
+      if ts.length > 0
+        raise Error, 'trailing garbage'
+      end
+      v
+    end
+
+
+    # Parses a "json text" in the sense of RFC 4627.
+    # Returns the parsed value and any trailing tokens.
+    # Note: this is almost the same as valparse,
+    # except that it does not accept atomic values.
+    def textparse(ts)
+      if ts.length < 0
+        raise Error, 'empty'
+      end
+
+      typ, _, val = ts[0]
+      case typ
+      when '{' then objparse(ts)
+      when '[' then arrparse(ts)
+      else
+        raise Error, "unexpected #{val.inspect}"
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    # Parses a "value" in the sense of RFC 4627.
+    # Returns the parsed value and any trailing tokens.
+    def valparse(ts)
+      if ts.length < 0
+        raise Error, 'empty'
+      end
+
+      typ, _, val = ts[0]
+      case typ
+      when '{' then objparse(ts)
+      when '[' then arrparse(ts)
+      when :val,:str then [val, ts[1..-1]]
+      else
+        raise Error, "unexpected #{val.inspect}"
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    # Parses an "object" in the sense of RFC 4627.
+    # Returns the parsed value and any trailing tokens.
+    def objparse(ts)
+      ts = eat('{', ts)
+      obj = {}
+
+      if ts[0][0] == '}'
+        return obj, ts[1..-1]
+      end
+
+      k, v, ts = pairparse(ts)
+      obj[k] = v
+
+      if ts[0][0] == '}'
+        return obj, ts[1..-1]
+      end
+
+      loop do
+        ts = eat(',', ts)
+
+        k, v, ts = pairparse(ts)
+        obj[k] = v
+
+        if ts[0][0] == '}'
+          return obj, ts[1..-1]
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    # Parses a "member" in the sense of RFC 4627.
+    # Returns the parsed values and any trailing tokens.
+    def pairparse(ts)
+      (typ, _, k), ts = ts[0], ts[1..-1]
+      if typ != :str
+        raise Error, "unexpected #{k.inspect}"
+      end
+      ts = eat(':', ts)
+      v, ts = valparse(ts)
+      [k, v, ts]
+    end
+
+
+    # Parses an "array" in the sense of RFC 4627.
+    # Returns the parsed value and any trailing tokens.
+    def arrparse(ts)
+      ts = eat('[', ts)
+      arr = []
+
+      if ts[0][0] == ']'
+        return arr, ts[1..-1]
+      end
+
+      v, ts = valparse(ts)
+      arr << v
+
+      if ts[0][0] == ']'
+        return arr, ts[1..-1]
+      end
+
+      loop do
+        ts = eat(',', ts)
+
+        v, ts = valparse(ts)
+        arr << v
+
+        if ts[0][0] == ']'
+          return arr, ts[1..-1]
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    def eat(typ, ts)
+      if ts[0][0] != typ
+        raise Error, "expected #{typ} (got #{ts[0].inspect})"
+      end
+      ts[1..-1]
+    end
+
+
+    # Scans s and returns a list of json tokens,
+    # excluding white space (as defined in RFC 4627).
+    def lex(s)
+      ts = []
+      while s.length > 0
+        typ, lexeme, val = tok(s)
+        if typ == nil
+          raise Error, "invalid character at #{s[0,10].inspect}"
+        end
+        if typ != :space
+          ts << [typ, lexeme, val]
+        end
+        s = s[lexeme.length..-1]
+      end
+      ts
+    end
+
+
+    # Scans the first token in s and
+    # returns a 3-element list, or nil
+    # if s does not begin with a valid token.
+    #
+    # The first list element is one of
+    # '{', '}', ':', ',', '[', ']',
+    # :val, :str, and :space.
+    #
+    # The second element is the lexeme.
+    #
+    # The third element is the value of the
+    # token for :val and :str, otherwise
+    # it is the lexeme.
+    def tok(s)
+      case s[0]
+      when ?{  then ['{', s[0,1], s[0,1]]
+      when ?}  then ['}', s[0,1], s[0,1]]
+      when ?:  then [':', s[0,1], s[0,1]]
+      when ?,  then [',', s[0,1], s[0,1]]
+      when ?[  then ['[', s[0,1], s[0,1]]
+      when ?]  then [']', s[0,1], s[0,1]]
+      when ?n  then nulltok(s)
+      when ?t  then truetok(s)
+      when ?f  then falsetok(s)
+      when ?"  then strtok(s)
+      when Spc then [:space, s[0,1], s[0,1]]
+      when ?\t then [:space, s[0,1], s[0,1]]
+      when ?\n then [:space, s[0,1], s[0,1]]
+      when ?\r then [:space, s[0,1], s[0,1]]
+      else          numtok(s)
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    def nulltok(s);  s[0,4] == 'null'  ? [:val, 'null',  nil]   : [] end
+    def truetok(s);  s[0,4] == 'true'  ? [:val, 'true',  true]  : [] end
+    def falsetok(s); s[0,5] == 'false' ? [:val, 'false', false] : [] end
+
+
+    def numtok(s)
+      m = /-?([1-9][0-9]+|[0-9])([.][0-9]+)?([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?/.match(s)
+      if m && m.begin(0) == 0
+        if m[3] && !m[2]
+          [:val, m[0], Integer(m[1])*(10**Integer(m[3][1..-1]))]
+        elsif m[2]
+          [:val, m[0], Float(m[0])]
+        else
+          [:val, m[0], Integer(m[0])]
+        end
+      else
+        []
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    def strtok(s)
+      m = /"([^"\\]|\\["\/\\bfnrt]|\\u[0-9a-fA-F]{4})*"/.match(s)
+      if ! m
+        raise Error, "invalid string literal at #{abbrev(s)}"
+      end
+      [:str, m[0], unquote(m[0])]
+    end
+
+
+    def abbrev(s)
+      t = s[0,10]
+      p = t['`']
+      t = t[0,p] if p
+      t = t + '...' if t.length < s.length
+      '`' + t + '`'
+    end
+
+
+    # Converts a quoted json string literal q into a UTF-8-encoded string.
+    # The rules are different than for Ruby, so we cannot use eval.
+    # Unquote will raise an error if q contains control characters.
+    def unquote(q)
+      q = q[1...-1]
+      a = q.dup # allocate a big enough string
+      rubydoesenc = false
+      # In ruby >= 1.9, a[w] is a codepoint, not a byte.
+      if a.class.method_defined?(:force_encoding)
+        a.force_encoding('UTF-8')
+        rubydoesenc = true
+      end
+      r, w = 0, 0
+      while r < q.length
+        c = q[r]
+        case true
+        when c == ?\\
+          r += 1
+          if r >= q.length
+            raise Error, "string literal ends with a \"\\\": \"#{q}\""
+          end
+
+          case q[r]
+          when ?",?\\,?/,?'
+            a[w] = q[r]
+            r += 1
+            w += 1
+          when ?b,?f,?n,?r,?t
+            a[w] = Unesc[q[r]]
+            r += 1
+            w += 1
+          when ?u
+            r += 1
+            uchar = begin
+              hexdec4(q[r,4])
+            rescue RuntimeError => e
+              raise Error, "invalid escape sequence \\u#{q[r,4]}: #{e}"
+            end
+            r += 4
+            if surrogate? uchar
+              if q.length >= r+6
+                uchar1 = hexdec4(q[r+2,4])
+                uchar = subst(uchar, uchar1)
+                if uchar != Ucharerr
+                  # A valid pair; consume.
+                  r += 6
+                end
+              end
+            end
+            if rubydoesenc
+              a[w] = '' << uchar
+              w += 1
+            else
+              w += ucharenc(a, w, uchar)
+            end
+          else
+            raise Error, "invalid escape char #{q[r]} in \"#{q}\""
+          end
+        when c == ?", c < Spc
+          raise Error, "invalid character in string literal \"#{q}\""
+        else
+          # Copy anything else byte-for-byte.
+          # Valid UTF-8 will remain valid UTF-8.
+          # Invalid UTF-8 will remain invalid UTF-8.
+          # In ruby >= 1.9, c is a codepoint, not a byte,
+          # in which case this is still what we want.
+          a[w] = c
+          r += 1
+          w += 1
+        end
+      end
+      a[0,w]
+    end
+
+
+    # Encodes unicode character u as UTF-8
+    # bytes in string a at position i.
+    # Returns the number of bytes written.
+    def ucharenc(a, i, u)
+      case true
+      when u <= Uchar1max
+        a[i] = (u & 0xff).chr
+        1
+      when u <= Uchar2max
+        a[i+0] = (Utag2 | ((u>>6)&0xff)).chr
+        a[i+1] = (Utagx | (u&Umaskx)).chr
+        2
+      when u <= Uchar3max
+        a[i+0] = (Utag3 | ((u>>12)&0xff)).chr
+        a[i+1] = (Utagx | ((u>>6)&Umaskx)).chr
+        a[i+2] = (Utagx | (u&Umaskx)).chr
+        3
+      else
+        a[i+0] = (Utag4 | ((u>>18)&0xff)).chr
+        a[i+1] = (Utagx | ((u>>12)&Umaskx)).chr
+        a[i+2] = (Utagx | ((u>>6)&Umaskx)).chr
+        a[i+3] = (Utagx | (u&Umaskx)).chr
+        4
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    def hexdec4(s)
+      if s.length != 4
+        raise Error, 'short'
+      end
+      (nibble(s[0])<<12) | (nibble(s[1])<<8) | (nibble(s[2])<<4) | nibble(s[3])
+    end
+
+
+    def subst(u1, u2)
+      if Usurr1 <= u1 && u1 < Usurr2 && Usurr2 <= u2 && u2 < Usurr3
+        return ((u1-Usurr1)<<10) | (u2-Usurr2) + Usurrself
+      end
+      return Ucharerr
+    end
+
+
+    def surrogate?(u)
+      Usurr1 <= u && u < Usurr3
+    end
+
+
+    def nibble(c)
+      case true
+      when ?0 <= c && c <= ?9 then c.ord - ?0.ord
+      when ?a <= c && c <= ?z then c.ord - ?a.ord + 10
+      when ?A <= c && c <= ?Z then c.ord - ?A.ord + 10
+      else
+        raise Error, "invalid hex code #{c}"
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    # Encodes x into a json text. It may contain only
+    # Array, Hash, String, Numeric, true, false, nil.
+    # (Note, this list excludes Symbol.)
+    # X itself must be an Array or a Hash.
+    # No other value can be encoded, and an error will
+    # be raised if x contains any other value, such as
+    # Nan, Infinity, Symbol, and Proc, or if a Hash key
+    # is not a String.
+    # Strings contained in x must be valid UTF-8.
+    def encode(x)
+      case x
+      when Hash    then objenc(x)
+      when Array   then arrenc(x)
+      else
+        raise Error, 'root value must be an Array or a Hash'
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    def valenc(x)
+      case x
+      when Hash    then objenc(x)
+      when Array   then arrenc(x)
+      when String  then strenc(x)
+      when Numeric then numenc(x)
+      when true    then "true"
+      when false   then "false"
+      when nil     then "null"
+      else
+        raise Error, "cannot encode #{x.class}: #{x.inspect}"
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    def objenc(x)
+      '{' + x.map{|k,v| keyenc(k) + ':' + valenc(v)}.join(',') + '}'
+    end
+
+
+    def arrenc(a)
+      '[' + a.map{|x| valenc(x)}.join(',') + ']'
+    end
+
+
+    def keyenc(k)
+      case k
+      when String then strenc(k)
+      else
+        raise Error, "Hash key is not a string: #{k.inspect}"
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    def strenc(s)
+      t = StringIO.new
+      t.putc(?")
+      r = 0
+
+      # In ruby >= 1.9, s[r] is a codepoint, not a byte.
+      rubydoesenc = s.class.method_defined?(:encoding)
+
+      while r < s.length
+        case s[r]
+        when ?"  then t.print('\\"')
+        when ?\\ then t.print('\\\\')
+        when ?\b then t.print('\\b')
+        when ?\f then t.print('\\f')
+        when ?\n then t.print('\\n')
+        when ?\r then t.print('\\r')
+        when ?\t then t.print('\\t')
+        else
+          c = s[r]
+          case true
+          when rubydoesenc
+            begin
+              c.ord # will raise an error if c is invalid UTF-8
+              t.write(c)
+            rescue
+              t.write(Ustrerr)
+            end
+          when Spc <= c && c <= ?~
+            t.putc(c)
+          else
+            n = ucharcopy(t, s, r) # ensure valid UTF-8 output
+            r += n - 1 # r is incremented below
+          end
+        end
+        r += 1
+      end
+      t.putc(?")
+      t.string
+    end
+
+
+    def numenc(x)
+      if ((x.nan? || x.infinite?) rescue false)
+        raise Error, "Numeric cannot be represented: #{x}"
+      end
+      "#{x}"
+    end
+
+
+    # Copies the valid UTF-8 bytes of a single character
+    # from string s at position i to I/O object t, and
+    # returns the number of bytes copied.
+    # If no valid UTF-8 char exists at position i,
+    # ucharcopy writes Ustrerr and returns 1.
+    def ucharcopy(t, s, i)
+      n = s.length - i
+      raise Utf8Error if n < 1
+
+      c0 = s[i].ord
+
+      # 1-byte, 7-bit sequence?
+      if c0 < Utagx
+        t.putc(c0)
+        return 1
+      end
+
+      raise Utf8Error if c0 < Utag2 # unexpected continuation byte?
+
+      raise Utf8Error if n < 2 # need continuation byte
+      c1 = s[i+1].ord
+      raise Utf8Error if c1 < Utagx || Utag2 <= c1
+
+      # 2-byte, 11-bit sequence?
+      if c0 < Utag3
+        raise Utf8Error if ((c0&Umask2)<<6 | (c1&Umaskx)) <= Uchar1max
+        t.putc(c0)
+        t.putc(c1)
+        return 2
+      end
+
+      # need second continuation byte
+      raise Utf8Error if n < 3
+
+      c2 = s[i+2].ord
+      raise Utf8Error if c2 < Utagx || Utag2 <= c2
+
+      # 3-byte, 16-bit sequence?
+      if c0 < Utag4
+        u = (c0&Umask3)<<12 | (c1&Umaskx)<<6 | (c2&Umaskx)
+        raise Utf8Error if u <= Uchar2max
+        t.putc(c0)
+        t.putc(c1)
+        t.putc(c2)
+        return 3
+      end
+
+      # need third continuation byte
+      raise Utf8Error if n < 4
+      c3 = s[i+3].ord
+      raise Utf8Error if c3 < Utagx || Utag2 <= c3
+
+      # 4-byte, 21-bit sequence?
+      if c0 < Utag5
+        u = (c0&Umask4)<<18 | (c1&Umaskx)<<12 | (c2&Umaskx)<<6 | (c3&Umaskx)
+        raise Utf8Error if u <= Uchar3max
+        t.putc(c0)
+        t.putc(c1)
+        t.putc(c2)
+        t.putc(c3)
+        return 4
+      end
+
+      raise Utf8Error
+    rescue Utf8Error
+      t.write(Ustrerr)
+      return 1
+    end
+
+
+    class Utf8Error < ::StandardError
+    end
+
+
+    class Error < ::StandardError
+    end
+
+
+    Utagx = 0x80 # 1000 0000
+    Utag2 = 0xc0 # 1100 0000
+    Utag3 = 0xe0 # 1110 0000
+    Utag4 = 0xf0 # 1111 0000
+    Utag5 = 0xF8 # 1111 1000
+    Umaskx = 0x3f # 0011 1111
+    Umask2 = 0x1f # 0001 1111
+    Umask3 = 0x0f # 0000 1111
+    Umask4 = 0x07 # 0000 0111
+    Uchar1max = (1<<7) - 1
+    Uchar2max = (1<<11) - 1
+    Uchar3max = (1<<16) - 1
+    Ucharerr = 0xFFFD # unicode "replacement char"
+    Ustrerr = "\xef\xbf\xbd" # unicode "replacement char"
+    Usurrself = 0x10000
+    Usurr1 = 0xd800
+    Usurr2 = 0xdc00
+    Usurr3 = 0xe000
+
+    Spc = ' '[0]
+    Unesc = {?b=>?\b, ?f=>?\f, ?n=>?\n, ?r=>?\r, ?t=>?\t}
+  end
+  
+  module JSON
+    module Backends
+      module OkJson
+        ParseError = ::ActiveSupport::OkJson::Error
+        extend self
+
+        # Parses a JSON string or IO and convert it into an object
+        def decode(json)
+          if json.respond_to?(:read)
+            json = json.read
+          end
+          data = ActiveSupport::OkJson.decode(json)
+          if ActiveSupport.parse_json_times
+            convert_dates_from(data)
+          else
+            data
+          end
+        end
+
+      private
+        def convert_dates_from(data)
+          case data
+          when nil
+            nil
+          when DATE_REGEX
+            begin
+              DateTime.parse(data)
+            rescue ArgumentError
+              data
+            end
+          when Array
+            data.map! { |d| convert_dates_from(d) }
+          when Hash
+            data.each do |key, value|
+              data[key] = convert_dates_from(value)
+            end
+          else
+            data
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff -urN usr_lib_ruby_1.8_active_support.bak/json/backends/yaml.rb /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/active_support/json/backends/yaml.rb
--- usr_lib_ruby_1.8_active_support.bak/json/backends/yaml.rb	2009-11-26 22:04:22.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/active_support/json/backends/yaml.rb	2013-02-02 18:59:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -7,76 +7,12 @@
         ParseError = ::StandardError
         extend self
 
-        # Converts a JSON string into a Ruby object.
         def decode(json)
-          YAML.load(convert_json_to_yaml(json))
-        rescue ArgumentError => e
-          raise ParseError, "Invalid JSON string"
+          raise "The Yaml backend has been deprecated due to security risks, you should set ActiveSupport::JSON.backend = 'OkJson'"
         end
 
         protected
-          # Ensure that ":" and "," are always followed by a space
-          def convert_json_to_yaml(json) #:nodoc:
-            require 'strscan' unless defined? ::StringScanner
-            scanner, quoting, marks, pos, times = ::StringScanner.new(json), false, [], nil, []
-            while scanner.scan_until(/(\\['"]|['":,\\]|\\.)/)
-              case char = scanner[1]
-              when '"', "'"
-                if !quoting
-                  quoting = char
-                  pos = scanner.pos
-                elsif quoting == char
-                  if json[pos..scanner.pos-2] =~ DATE_REGEX
-                    # found a date, track the exact positions of the quotes so we can remove them later.
-                    # oh, and increment them for each current mark, each one is an extra padded space that bumps
-                    # the position in the final YAML output
-                    total_marks = marks.size
-                    times << pos+total_marks << scanner.pos+total_marks
-                  end
-                  quoting = false
-                end
-              when ":",","
-                marks << scanner.pos - 1 unless quoting
-              when "\\"
-                scanner.skip(/\\/)
-              end
-            end
 
-            if marks.empty?
-              json.gsub(/\\([\\\/]|u[[:xdigit:]]{4})/) do
-                ustr = $1
-                if ustr.start_with?('u')
-                  [ustr[1..-1].to_i(16)].pack("U")
-                elsif ustr == '\\'
-                  '\\\\'
-                else
-                  ustr
-                end
-              end
-            else
-              left_pos  = [-1].push(*marks)
-              right_pos = marks << scanner.pos + scanner.rest_size
-              output    = []
-              left_pos.each_with_index do |left, i|
-                scanner.pos = left.succ
-                output << scanner.peek(right_pos[i] - scanner.pos + 1).gsub(/\\([\\\/]|u[[:xdigit:]]{4})/) do
-                  ustr = $1
-                  if ustr.start_with?('u')
-                    [ustr[1..-1].to_i(16)].pack("U")
-                  elsif ustr == '\\'
-                    '\\\\'
-                  else
-                    ustr
-                  end
-                end
-              end
-              output = output * " "
-
-              times.each { |i| output[i-1] = ' ' }
-              output.gsub!(/\\\//, '/')
-              output
-            end
-          end
       end
     end
   end
diff -urN usr_lib_ruby_1.8_active_support.bak/json/decoding.rb /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/active_support/json/decoding.rb
--- usr_lib_ruby_1.8_active_support.bak/json/decoding.rb	2009-11-26 22:04:22.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/active_support/json/decoding.rb	2013-02-02 19:03:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
   mattr_accessor :parse_json_times
 
   module JSON
+    # Listed in order of preference.
+    DECODERS = %w(Yajl OkJson)
+
     class << self
       attr_reader :parse_error
       delegate :decode, :to => :backend
@@ -30,6 +33,19 @@
       ensure
         self.backend = old_backend
       end
+
+      def set_default_backend
+        DECODERS.find do |name|
+          begin
+            self.backend = name
+            true
+          rescue LoadError
+            # Try next decoder.
+            false
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
     end
   end
 end
