Detections
Analytics

FreeBSD : ruby -- heap overflow vulnerability (eab8c3bd-e50c-11de-9cd0-001a926c7637)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 43095

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The official ruby site reports :

There is a heap overflow vulnerability in String#ljust, String#center and String#rjust. This has allowed an attacker to run arbitrary code in some rare cases.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2009/12/07/heap-overflow-in-string/

http://www.nessus.org/u?78f406b0

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 43095

File Name: freebsd_pkg_eab8c3bde50c11de9cd0001a926c7637.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 12/10/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/30/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4124

CWE: 119