Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ruby (MDVSA-2009:160)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 40398

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The BigDecimal library in Ruby 1.8.6 before p369 and 1.8.7 before p173 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a string argument that represents a large number, as demonstrated by an attempted conversion to the Float data type.

This update corrects the problem.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 40398

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2009-160.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 7/28/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ruby-tk, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1904

BID: 35278

CWE: 189

MDVSA: 2009:160

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