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Fedora 19 : rubygems-2.0.8-104.fc19 (2013-16376)
low Nessus Plugin ID 70033
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
A vulnerability was found on rubygems currently being shipped on Fedora in validating versions with a regular expression which leads to denial of service due to backtracking. This issue are now assigned as CVE-2013-4287.This new rpm will fix this issue.
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Solution
Update the affected rubygems package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 70033
File Name: fedora_2013-16376.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 9/21/2013
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.6
Temporal Score: 1.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rubygems, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:19
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2013
Reference Information
BID: 62281
FEDORA: 2013-16376