Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50456
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu 4.10 USN-20-1 (ruby1.8)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to ruby1.8 announced via advisory USN-20-1. The Ruby developers discovered a potential Denial of Service vulnerability in the CGI module (cgi.rb). Specially crafted CGI requests could cause an infinite loop in the server process. Repetitive attacks could use most of the available processor resources, exhaust the number of allowed parallel connections in web servers, or cause similar effects which render the service unavailable. There is no possibility of privilege escalation or data loss. The following packages are affected: libruby1.8 Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2004-November/000022.html Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 5.0
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 11618 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0983 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11618 Debian Security Information: DSA-586 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-586 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:128 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10268 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-635.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/20-1/ XForce ISS Database: ruby-cgi-dos(17985) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17985
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