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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