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Oracle Linux 6 : rubygems (ELSA-2013-1441)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70524

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-1441 advisory.

 - Remove regexp backtracing (CVE-2013-4363).
 - Related: rhbz#1002838.
 - Fix insecure connection to SSL repository (CVE-2012-2125, CVE-2012-2126).
 - Related: rhbz#1002838.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected rubygems package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-1441.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70524

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-1441.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2125

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygems, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2125, CVE-2012-2126, CVE-2013-4287

BID: 53174, 55680, 62281, 62442

RHSA: 2013:1441