openSUSE 10 Security Update : ruby (ruby-2655)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27423

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The ruby package was updated to fix a denial of service problem in its CGI module when parsing multipart MIME messages. (CVE-2006-6303)

Solution

Update the affected ruby package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27423

File Name: suse_ruby-2655.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/1/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6303

CWE: 399