RHEL 2.1 / 3 : ruby (RHSA-2008:0562)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 33496

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated ruby packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming.

Multiple integer overflows leading to a heap overflow were discovered in the array- and string-handling code used by Ruby. An attacker could use these flaws to crash a Ruby application or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Ruby application using untrusted inputs in array or string operations. (CVE-2008-2376, CVE-2008-2663, CVE-2008-2725, CVE-2008-2726)

It was discovered that Ruby used the alloca() memory allocation function in the format (%) method of the String class without properly restricting maximum string length. An attacker could use this flaw to crash a Ruby application or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Ruby application using long, untrusted strings as format strings. (CVE-2008-2664)

Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of the Apple Product Security team for reporting these issues.

A flaw was discovered in the way Ruby's CGI module handles certain HTTP requests. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request and cause the Ruby CGI script to enter an infinite loop, possibly causing a denial of service. (CVE-2006-6303)

Users of Ruby should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patches to resolve these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-6303

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-2376

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-2663

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-2664

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-2725

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-2726

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0562

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 33496

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0562.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/15/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

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: 8.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-mode, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:irb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-tcltk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-docs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6303, CVE-2008-2376, CVE-2008-2663, CVE-2008-2664, CVE-2008-2725, CVE-2008-2726

BID: 29903, 30036

CWE: 189, 399

RHSA: 2008:0562