Detections
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Fedora 12 : ruby-1.8.6.383-6.fc12 (2010-0530)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 47189
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
A security vulnerability is found on WEBrick module in Ruby currently shipped on Fedora 12 that WEBrick lets attackers to inject malicious escape sequences to its logs, making it possible for dangerous control characters to be executed on a victim's terminal emulator. This issue has now been tagged as CVE-2009-4492. Also currently have_library() function in mkmf.rb always requires ruby's static archive to function correctly despite that ruby shared library is also provided. This new rpm will fix these issues.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected ruby package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 47189
File Name: fedora_2010-0530.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 7/1/2010
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-4492
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ruby, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:12
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-4492
BID: 37710