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MiracleLinux 3 : ruby-1.8.5-5.1 (AXSA:2007-63:01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 291435

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2007-63:01 advisory.

 Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text files and to do system management tasks (as in Perl). It is simple,straight- forward, and extensible.
 The connect method in lib/net/http.rb in the (1) Net::HTTP and (2) Net::HTTPS libraries in Ruby 1.8.5 and 1.8.6 does not verify that the commonName (CN) field in a server certificate matches the domain name in an HTTPS request, which makes it easier for remote attackers to intercept SSL transmissions via a man-in-the- middle attack or spoofed web site. (CVE-2007-5162) The (1) Net::ftptls, (2) Net::telnets, (3) Net::imap, (4) Net::pop, and (5) Net::smtp libraries in Ruby 1.8.5 and 1.8.6 do not verify that the commonName (CN) field in a server certificate matches the domain name in a request sent over SSL, which makes it easier for remote attackers to intercept SSL transmissions via a man-in-the-middle attack or spoofed web site, different components than CVE-2007-5162.
 (CVE-2007-5770)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/100

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 291435

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2007-63.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2026

Updated: 1/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-5770

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-5162

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ruby-mode, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ruby-docs, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ruby-tcltk

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5162, CVE-2007-5770