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Oracle Linux 6 : ruby (ELSA-2011-1581)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181024

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-1581 advisory.

 - Update to Ruby 1.8.7-p352.
 * Remove Patch43: ruby-1.8.7-CVE-2011-1004.patch; subsumed
 * Remove Patch44: ruby-1.8.7-CVE-2011-1005.patch; subsumed
 * Remove Patch200: ruby-1.8.7-webrick-CVE.patch; subsumed
 - Address CVE-2011-1004 'Symlink race condition by removing directory trees in fileutils module'
 * ruby-1.8.7-CVE-2011-1004.patch
 - Address CVE-2011-1005 'Untrusted codes able to modify arbitrary strings'
 * ruby-1.8.7-CVE-2011-1005.patch
 - Address CVE-2011-0188 'memory corruption in BigDecimal on 64bit platforms'
 * ruby-1.8.7-CVE-2011-0188.patch

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-1581.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181024

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1581.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3009

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2705

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-ri, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-tcltk, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-static, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-rdoc, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/29/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2705, CVE-2011-3009