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Oracle Linux 5 : ruby (ELSA-2013-0611)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68781

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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-2013-0611 advisory.

 [1.8.5-29]
 - Fix regression introduced by fix for entity expansion DOS vulnerability in REXML (https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7961)
 * ruby-2.0.0-add-missing-rexml-require.patch
 - Related: rhbz#915377

 [1.8.5-28]
 - Addresses entity expansion DoS vulnerability in REXML.
 * ruby-2.0.0-entity-expansion-DoS-vulnerability-in-REXML.patch
 - Resolves: rhbz#915377

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-2013-0611.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68781

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0611.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1821

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1821

BID: 58141

RHSA: 2013:0611