FreeBSD : ruby -- multiple vulnerabilities (76562594-1f19-11db-b7d4-0008743bf21a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22139

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Secunia reports :

Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Ruby, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

- An error in the handling of the 'alias' functionality can be exploited to bypass the safe level protection and replace methods called in the trusted level.

- An error caused due to directory operations not being properly checked can be exploited to bypass the safe level protection and close untainted directory streams.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22139

File Name: freebsd_pkg_765625941f1911dbb7d40008743bf21a.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 8/4/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby_static, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3694

BID: 18944

Secunia: 21009

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