CentOS 3 / 4 : ruby (CESA-2006:0604)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22136

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated ruby packages that fix security issues are now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

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

A number of flaws were found in the safe-level restrictions in Ruby.
It was possible for an attacker to create a carefully crafted malicious script that can allow the bypass of certain safe-level restrictions. (CVE-2006-3694)

Users of Ruby should update to these erratum packages, which contain a backported patch and are not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected ruby packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22136

File Name: centos_RHSA-2006-0604.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 8/4/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-docs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-tcltk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:irb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-mode

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3694

BID: 18944

RHSA: 2006:0604

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