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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52698
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Legacy Security Advisory FLSA-2005:152768
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory FLSA-2005:152768.

A flaw was discovered 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.

Andres Salomon reported an insecure file permissions flaw in the CGI
session management of Ruby. FileStore created world readable files that
could allow a malicious local user the ability to read CGI session data.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CVE-2004-0755 to this issue.

Users are advised to upgrade to this erratum package, which contains
backported patches fixing these issues.

Affected platforms:
Redhat 7.3
Redhat 9
Fedora Core 1

Solution:
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FLSA-2005:152768

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0755
Debian Security Information: DSA-537 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-537
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-08.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:128
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11128
http://secunia.com/advisories/12290/
XForce ISS Database: ruby-filestore-pstore-insecure-permission(16996)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16996
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0983
BugTraq ID: 11618
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11618
Debian Security Information: DSA-586 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-586
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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