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Fedora 9 : ruby-1.8.6.230-4.fc9 (2008-6033)
high Nessus Plugin ID 33408
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- Tue Jul 1 2008 Akira TAGOH <tagoh at redhat.com> - 1.8.6.230-4- Backported from upstream SVN to fix a segfault issue with Array#fill.
- Mon Jun 30 2008 Akira TAGOH <tagoh at redhat.com> - 1.8.6.230-3
- Backported from upstream SVN to fix a segfault issue.
(#452825)
- Backported from upstream SVN to fix an integer overflow in rb_ary_fill.
- Wed Jun 25 2008 Akira TAGOH <tagoh at redhat.com> - 1.8.6.230-2
- Fix a segfault issue. (#452809)
- Tue Jun 24 2008 Akira TAGOH <tagoh at redhat.com> - 1.8.6.230-1
- New upstream release.
- Security fixes. (#452294).
- CVE-2008-1891: WEBrick CGI source disclosure.
- CVE-2008-2662: Integer overflow in rb_str_buf_append().
- CVE-2008-2663: Integer overflow in rb_ary_store().
- CVE-2008-2664: Unsafe use of alloca in rb_str_format().
- CVE-2008-2725: Integer overflow in rb_ary_splice().
- CVE-2008-2726: Integer overflow in rb_ary_splice().
- ruby-1.8.6.111-CVE-2007-5162.patch: removed.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected ruby package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 33408
File Name: fedora_2008-6033.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 7/8/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ruby
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-2376
BID: 30036