openSUSE Security Update : ruby (openSUSE-SU-2011:0561-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75729

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Ruby was prone to several security issues :

- a race condition allowed local users to delete arbitrary files (CVE-2011-1004)

- exception methods could bypass safe mode (CVE-2011-1005)

- webrick cross site scripting issue (CVE-2010-0541)

- memory corruption in the BigDecimal class (CVE-2011-0188)

Solution

Update the affected ruby packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75729

File Name: suse_11_3_ruby-110517.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

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:ruby-doc-ri, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby-examples, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby-tk, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby-test-suite, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby-doc-html

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0541, CVE-2011-0188, CVE-2011-1004, CVE-2011-1005

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