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Debian DLA-263-1 : ruby1.9.1 security update
high Nessus Plugin ID 84494
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Two vulnerabilities were identified in the Ruby language interpreter, version 1.9.1.CVE-2012-5371
Jean-Philippe Aumasson identified that Ruby computed hash values without properly restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, allowing context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption). This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4815.
CVE-2013-0269
Thomas Hollstegge and Ben Murphy found that the JSON gem for Ruby allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the creation of arbitrary Ruby symbols or certain internal objects.
For the squeeze distribution, theses vulnerabilities have been fixed in version 1.9.2.0-2+deb6u5 of ruby1.9.1. We recommend that you upgrade your ruby1.9.1 package.
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Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/07/msg00000.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 84494
File Name: debian_DLA-263.nasl
Version: 2.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 7/2/2015
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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: 7/1/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-5371, CVE-2013-0269