Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2014.0443
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0443)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0443 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0443 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Updated ruby packages fix security vulnerability: Due to unrestricted entity expansion, when reading text nodes from an XML document, the REXML parser in Ruby can be coerced into allocating extremely large string objects which can consume all of the memory on a machine, causing a denial of service (CVE-2014-8080). The Mageia 3 ruby package has been updated to 1.9.3-p550 and the Mageia 4 ruby package has been updated to 2.0.0-p594 to fix this issue and several other bugs. Affected Software/OS: 'ruby' package(s) on Mageia 3, Mageia 4. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8080 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html BugTraq ID: 70935 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70935 Debian Security Information: DSA-3157 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157 Debian Security Information: DSA-3159 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3159 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1911 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1912 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1913 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1914 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html http://secunia.com/advisories/61607 http://secunia.com/advisories/62050 http://secunia.com/advisories/62748 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:1589 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0002 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00000.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0007 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00004.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1
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