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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120375
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2013-229)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby19' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2013-229 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby19' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2013-229 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
(1) DL and (2) Fiddle in Ruby 1.9 before 1.9.3 patchlevel 426, and 2.0 before 2.0.0 patchlevel 195, do not perform taint checking for native functions, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended $SAFE level restrictions.

Affected Software/OS:
'ruby19' package(s) on Amazon Linux.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.4

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-2065
FEDORA-2013-8375
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107098.html
FEDORA-2013-8411
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107064.html
FEDORA-2013-8738
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107120.html
USN-2035-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2035-1
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-2065
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/05/14/taint-bypass-dl-fiddle-cve-2013-2065/
openSUSE-SU-2013:1611
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00057.html
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