openSUSE 10 Security Update : rubygems (rubygems-2644)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27424

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a vulnerability in rubygems that allowed to overwrite files with root privileges. (CVE-2007-0469)

Solution

Update the affected rubygems package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27424

File Name: suse_rubygems-2644.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rubygems

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0469

Detections

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