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FreeBSD : ruby -- DNS spoofing vulnerability (959d384d-6b59-11dd-9d79-001fc61c2a55)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33905

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The official ruby site reports :

resolv.rb allow remote attackers to spoof DNS answers. This risk can be reduced by randomness of DNS transaction IDs and source ports.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1ff7ab4e

http://www.nessus.org/u?c91afcf2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33905

File Name: freebsd_pkg_959d384d6b5911dd9d79001fc61c2a55.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Published: 8/17/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby%2boniguruma, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby%2bpthreads, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby%2bpthreads%2boniguruma, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1447

IAVA: 2008-A-0045