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CentOS 5 : ruby (CESA-2011:0909)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 67085
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated ruby packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has features to process text files and to do system management tasks.
A flaw was found in the way large amounts of memory were allocated on 64-bit systems when using the BigDecimal class. A context-dependent attacker could use this flaw to cause memory corruption, causing a Ruby application that uses the BigDecimal class to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. This issue did not affect 32-bit systems.
(CVE-2011-0188)
A race condition flaw was found in the remove system entries method in the FileUtils module. If a local user ran a Ruby script that uses this method, a local attacker could use this flaw to delete arbitrary files and directories accessible to that user via a symbolic link attack.
(CVE-2011-1004)
It was found that WEBrick (the Ruby HTTP server toolkit) did not filter terminal escape sequences from its log files. A remote attacker could use specially crafted HTTP requests to inject terminal escape sequences into the WEBrick log files. If a victim viewed the log files with a terminal emulator, it could result in control characters being executed with the privileges of that user. (CVE-2009-4492)
A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way WEBrick displayed error pages. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform a cross-site scripting attack against victims by tricking them into visiting a specially crafted URL. (CVE-2010-0541)
A flaw was found in the method for translating an exception message into a string in the Exception class. A remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass safe level 4 restrictions, allowing untrusted (tainted) code to modify arbitrary, trusted (untainted) strings, which safe level 4 restrictions would otherwise prevent. (CVE-2011-1005)
Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of Apple Product Security for reporting the CVE-2011-0188 and CVE-2010-0541 issues.
All Ruby users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.
Solution
Update the affected ruby packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 67085
File Name: centos_RHSA-2011-0909.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 6/29/2013
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-mode, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-ri, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-tcltk, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-4492, CVE-2010-0541, CVE-2011-0188, CVE-2011-1004, CVE-2011-1005