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RHEL 5 : ruby (RHSA-2013:0129)
high Nessus Plugin ID 63410
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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-2013:0129 advisory.- ruby: Incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1005 for NameError#to_s method when used on objects (CVE-2012-4481)
- ruby: unintentional file creation caused by inserting an illegal NUL character (CVE-2012-4522)
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-2013:0129.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?b886af00
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0129
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 63410
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-0129.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/8/2013
Updated: 4/21/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4522
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4481
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-mode, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-tcltk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-docs, 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: 1/8/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-4481, CVE-2012-4522