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Debian DLA-200-1 : ruby1.9.1 security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 82805
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
CVE-2014-4975The encodes() function in pack.c had an off-by-one error that could lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or arbitrary code execution.
CVE-2014-8080, CVE-2014-8090
The REXML parser could be coerced into allocating large string objects that could consume all available memory on the system. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/04/msg00013.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 82805
File Name: debian_DLA-200.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 4/16/2015
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby1.9.1-elisp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libruby1.9.1-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby1.9.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby1.9.1-examples, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ri1.9.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby1.9.1-full, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby1.9.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libruby1.9.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtcltk-ruby1.9.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2015