SUSE SLES11 Security Update : ruby (SUSE-SU-2017:0948-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99242

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for ruby fixes the following issues: Secuirty issues fixed :

- CVE-2015-1855: Ruby OpenSSL Hostname Verification (bsc#926974)

- CVE-2015-7551: Unsafe tainted string usage in Fiddle and DL (bsc#959495) Bugfixes :

- fix small mistake in the backport for (bsc#986630)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Webyast 1.3:zypper in -t patch slewyst13-ruby-13052=1

SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3:zypper in -t patch slestso13-ruby-13052=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-ruby-13052=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-ruby-13052=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-ruby-13052=1

SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3:zypper in -t patch sleslms13-ruby-13052=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99242

File Name: suse_SU-2017-0948-1.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/7/2017

Updated: 12/26/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-7551

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:novell:suse_linux:ruby-doc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ruby-tk, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1855, CVE-2015-7551

BID: 74446

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