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Debian DSA-1139-1 : ruby1.6 - missing privilege checks

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22681

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the interpreter for the Ruby language does not properly maintain 'safe levels' for aliasing, directory accesses and regular expressions, which might lead to a bypass of security restrictions.

Solution

Upgrade the Ruby packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.8-12sarge2.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=378029

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1139

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22681

File Name: debian_DSA-1139.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby1.6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3694

DSA: 1139