RHEL 5 : ruby (RHSA-2011:0909)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 55451

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0909 advisory.

- ruby WEBrick log escape sequence (CVE-2009-4492)

- Ruby WEBrick javascript injection flaw (CVE-2010-0541)

- ruby: memory corruption in BigDecimal on 64bit platforms (CVE-2011-0188)

- Ruby: Symlink race condition by removing directory trees in fileutils module (CVE-2011-1004)

- Ruby: Untrusted codes able to modify arbitrary strings (CVE-2011-1005)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL ruby package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:0909.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 55451

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0909.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/29/2011

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-4492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-mode, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-ri, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-tcltk, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/28/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4492, CVE-2010-0541, CVE-2011-0188, CVE-2011-1004, CVE-2011-1005

BID: 37710, 40895, 46458, 46460, 46966

RHSA: 2011:0909

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