openSUSE Security Update : ruby (openSUSE-SU-2011:0561-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75729

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Ruby was prone to several security issues :

- a race condition allowed local users to delete arbitrary files (CVE-2011-1004)

- exception methods could bypass safe mode (CVE-2011-1005)

- webrick cross site scripting issue (CVE-2010-0541)

- memory corruption in the BigDecimal class (CVE-2011-0188)

Solution

Update the affected ruby packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=600752

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655136

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673740

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673750

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682287

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00060.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75729

File Name: suse_11_3_ruby-110517.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

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: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby-doc-ri, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby-examples, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby-test-suite, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby-tk, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0541, CVE-2011-0188, CVE-2011-1004, CVE-2011-1005