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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:NOSUMMARY
Description: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

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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