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Debian DSA-1860-1 : ruby1.8, ruby1.9 - several vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 44725
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ruby. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2009-0642 The return value from the OCSP_basic_verify function was not checked properly, allowing continued use of a revoked certificate.
- CVE-2009-1904 An issue in parsing BigDecimal numbers can result in a denial-of-service condition (crash).
The following matrix identifies fixed versions :
ruby1.8 ruby1.9 oldstable (etch) 1.8.5-4etch5 1.9.0+20060609-1etch5 stable (lenny) 1.8.7.72-3lenny1 1.9.0.2-9lenny1 unstable (sid) 1.8.7.173-1 (soon)
Solution
Upgrade the Ruby packages.See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0642
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 44725
File Name: debian_DSA-1860.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 2/24/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby1.8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby1.9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0642, CVE-2009-1904
BID: 35278