openSUSE Security Update : ruby20 (openSUSE-SU-2013:1834-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75224

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

the following security issue was fixed in ruby20 :

- fix CVE-2013-4164: heap overflow in float point parsing (bnc#851803) The file CVE-2013-4164.patch contains the patch

Solution

Update the affected ruby20 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851803

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00027.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75224

File Name: openSUSE-2013-943.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:novell:opensuse:ruby20-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby20-doc-ri, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby20-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby20-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby20-devel-extra, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby20-tk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby20, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby20-tk

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4164