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Oracle Linux 5 : ruby (ELSA-2011-0909)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 68298

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0909 advisory.

 - Address CVE-2011-1004 'Symlink race condition by removing directory trees in fileutils module'
 * ruby-1.8.7-CVE-2011-1004.patch
 - Address CVE-2011-1005 'Untrusted codes able to modify arbitrary strings'
 * ruby-1.8.7-CVE-2011-1005.patch
 - Address CVE-2011-0188 'memory corruption in BigDecimal on 64bit platforms'
 * ruby-1.8.7-CVE-2011-0188.patch
 - Address CVE-CVE-2010-0541 'Ruby WEBrick javascript injection flaw'
 * ruby-1.8.7-CVE-2010-0541.patch
 - Address CVE-CVE-2009-4492 'ruby WEBrick log escape sequence'
 * ruby-1.8.6-CVE-2009-4492.patch

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0909.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 68298

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0909.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-4492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4492, CVE-2010-0541, CVE-2011-0188, CVE-2011-1004, CVE-2011-1005

BID: 37710, 40895, 46458, 46460, 46966

RHSA: 2011:0909