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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ruby (MDVSA-2013:201)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69089

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Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in ruby :

A flaw was found in Ruby's SSL client's hostname identity check when handling certificates that contain hostnames with NULL bytes. An attacker could potentially exploit this flaw to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks to spoof SSL servers. Note that to exploit this issue, an attacker would need to obtain a carefully-crafted certificate signed by an authority that the client trusts (CVE-2013-4073).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979251

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69089

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-201.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 7/28/2013

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

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ruby-tk, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ruby

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4073

BID: 60843

MDVSA: 2013:201