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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : ruby1.8 vulnerabilities (USN-621-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 33390
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Drew Yao discovered several vulnerabilities in Ruby which lead to integer overflows. If a user or automated system were tricked into running a malicious script, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663, CVE-2008-2725, CVE-2008-2726)Drew Yao discovered that Ruby did not sanitize its input when using ALLOCA. If a user or automated system were tricked into running a malicious script, an attacker could cause a denial of service via memory corruption. (CVE-2008-2664).
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Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 33390
File Name: ubuntu_USN-621-1.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 7/2/2008
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, 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: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtcltk-ruby1.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreadline-ruby1.8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rdoc1.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby1.8-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby1.8-elisp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ri1.8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libopenssl-ruby1.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby1.8-examples, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdbm-ruby1.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdbm-ruby1.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby1.8-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby1.8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:irb1.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby1.8
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663, CVE-2008-2664, CVE-2008-2725, CVE-2008-2726
BID: 29903