RHEL 5 : ruby (RHSA-2013:0129)

high Nessus Plugin ID 63410

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for ruby.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0129 advisory.

- ruby: Incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1005 for NameError#to_s method when used on objects (CVE-2012-4481)

- ruby: unintentional file creation caused by inserting an illegal NUL character (CVE-2012-4522)

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 RHEL ruby package based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:0129.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b886af00

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0129

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863484

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865940

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 63410

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-0129.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/8/2013

Updated: 4/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2012-4522

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4481

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-mode, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-ri, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-tcltk, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4481, CVE-2012-4522

BID: 55813, 56115

CWE: 626

RHSA: 2013:0129