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Oracle Linux 5 : ruby (ELSA-2013-0129)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68700

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0129 advisory.

 - unintentional file creation caused by inserting an illegal NUL character
 * ruby-1.8.6-CVE-2012-4522-io.c-pipe_open-command-name-should-not-contain-null-.patch
 - Related: rhbz#867750
 - escaping vulnerability about Exception#to_s / NameError#to_s
 * ruby-1.8.7-p371-CVE-2012-4481.patch
 - Resolves: rhbz#867750
 - unintentional file creation caused by inserting an illegal NUL character
 * ruby-1.8.6-CVE-2012-4522-io.c-rb_open_file-should-check-NUL-in-path.patch
 - Resolves: rhbz#867750

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

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0129.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68700

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0129.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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: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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4481, CVE-2012-4522

BID: 55813, 56115

RHSA: 2013:0129