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Oracle Linux 5 : ruby (ELSA-2008-0981)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67767

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2008-0981 advisory.

 [1.8.5-5.el5_2.6]
 - security fix (#470262)
 - CVE-2008-4310: real fix for CVE-2008-3656. original patch named as fix for CVE-2008-3656 actually fixed different issue (CVE-2008-1145), hence we are providing correct patch and renaming original patch to refer to proper CVE.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2008-0981.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67767

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0981.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-4310

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4310

BID: 30644

RHSA: 2008:0981