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RHEL 2.1 / 3 : ruby (RHSA-2004:635)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15945

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An updated ruby package that fixes a denial of service issue for the CGI instance is now available.

[Updated 17 Jan 2005] Errata has been updated to include 32-bit libraries on 64-bit architectures.

Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for object-oriented programming.

A flaw was dicovered in the CGI module of Ruby. If empty data is sent by the POST method to the CGI script which requires MIME type multipart/form-data, it can get stuck in a loop. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw and cause a denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0983 to this issue.

Users are advised to upgrade to this erratum package, which contains a backported patch to cgi.rb.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-0983

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:635

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15945

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-635.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:irb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-mode, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-tcltk, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0983

RHSA: 2004:635