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RHEL 6 : ruby (RHSA-2011:0910)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 55452
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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 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0910 advisory.- 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-2011:0910.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?6735ff26
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678913
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678920
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682332
http://www.nessus.org/u?cd9c4d00
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 55452
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0910.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/29/2011
Updated: 4/27/2024
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: 5.8
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-0188
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-irb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-tcltk, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-ri, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-rdoc
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: 6/28/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-0188, CVE-2011-1004, CVE-2011-1005
RHSA: 2011:0910