Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51056
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2004:635
Summary:	Redhat Security Advisory RHSA-2004:635
Description:	The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2004:635. Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for object-oriented programming. A flaw was dicovered in the CGI module of Ruby. If empty data is sent by the POST method to the CGI script which requires MIME type multipart/form-data, it can get stuck in a loop. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw and cause a denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0983 to this issue. Users are advised to upgrade to this erratum package, which contains a backported patch to cgi.rb. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-635.html Risk factor : Medium
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 11618 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0983 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 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-635.html http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-20-1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11618 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10268 XForce ISS Database: ruby-cgi-dos(17985) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/17985
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