openSUSE 10 Security Update : rubygem-activerecord (rubygem-activerecord-5817)

high Nessus Plugin ID 34988

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Missing sanity checks of the :limit and :offset parameters in SQL queries could potentially be exploited to conduct SQL inection attacks (CVE-2008-4094).

Solution

Update the affected rubygem-activerecord package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34988

File Name: suse_rubygem-activerecord-5817.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/1/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rubygem-activerecord, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4094

CWE: 89