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Debian DSA-860-1 : ruby - programming error

high Nessus Plugin ID 19968

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Yutaka Oiwa discovered a bug in Ruby, the interpreter for the object-oriented scripting language, that can cause illegal program code to bypass the safe level and taint flag protections check and be executed. The following matrix lists the fixed versions in our distributions :

 old stable (woody) stable (sarge) unstable (sid) ruby 1.6.7-3woody5 n/a n/a ruby1.6 n/a 1.6.8-12sarge1 1.6.8-13 ruby1.8 n/a 1.8.2-7sarge2 1.8.3-1

Solution

Upgrade the ruby packages.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=332742

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-860

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19968

File Name: debian_DSA-860.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2337

CERT: 160012

DSA: 860