Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120338
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2012-139)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2012-139 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2012-139 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the name_err_mesg_to_str API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1005. Affected Software/OS: 'ruby' package(s) on Amazon Linux. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-4466 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089554.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089887.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:124 http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=37068 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/02/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/9
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