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FreeBSD : ruby -- Hostname check bypassing vulnerability in SSL client (ebd877b9-7ef4-4375-b1fd-c67780581898)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 67251

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Ruby Developers report :

Ruby's SSL client implements hostname identity check but it does not properly handle hostnames in the certificate that contain null bytes.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?876c9676

http://www.nessus.org/u?15976e0b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 67251

File Name: freebsd_pkg_ebd877b97ef44375b1fdc67780581898.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby18, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby19, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4073