Scientific Linux Security Update : ruby on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20130108)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63603

Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

It was found that certain methods did not sanitize file names before passing them to lower layer routines in Ruby. If a Ruby application created files with names based on untrusted input, it could result in the creation of files with different names than expected.
(CVE-2012-4522)

It was found that the SLSA-2011:0909 update did not correctly fix the CVE-2011-1005 issue, a flaw in the method for translating an exception message into a string in the Exception class. A remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass safe level 4 restrictions, allowing untrusted (tainted) code to modify arbitrary, trusted (untainted) strings, which safe level 4 restrictions would otherwise prevent. (CVE-2012-4481)

This update also fixes the following bug :

- Prior to this update, the 'rb_syck_mktime' option could, under certain circumstances, terminate with a segmentation fault when installing libraries with certain gems. This update modifies the underlying code so that Ruby gems can be installed as expected.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f3bfc260

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63603

File Name: sl_20130108_ruby_on_SL5_x.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/17/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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:fermilab:scientific_linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ruby-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ruby-docs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ruby-mode, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ruby-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ruby-ri, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ruby-tcltk, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1005, CVE-2012-4481, CVE-2012-4522