CentOS 3 / 4 : ruby (CESA-2006:0604)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22136

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated ruby packages that fix security issues are now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for object-oriented programming.

A number of flaws were found in the safe-level restrictions in Ruby.
It was possible for an attacker to create a carefully crafted malicious script that can allow the bypass of certain safe-level restrictions. (CVE-2006-3694)

Users of Ruby should update to these erratum packages, which contain a backported patch and are not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected ruby packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0177a19c

http://www.nessus.org/u?740eb6a7

http://www.nessus.org/u?fa419d22

http://www.nessus.org/u?31e13637

http://www.nessus.org/u?244feedb

http://www.nessus.org/u?91b74400

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22136

File Name: centos_RHSA-2006-0604.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/4/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:irb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-mode, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-tcltk, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3694

BID: 18944

RHSA: 2006:0604