Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53971
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-146-1 (ruby1.8)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-146-1 (ruby1.8)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to ruby1.8 announced via advisory USN-146-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) The following packages are affected: libxmlrpc-ruby1.8, ruby1.8 Nobuhiro IMAI discovered that the changed default value of the Module#public_instance_methods() method broke the security protection of XMLRPC server handlers. A remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary commands on an XMLRPC server. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.2 (for Ubuntu 4.10), or 1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.1 (for Ubuntu 5.04). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes however, if you run custom XMLRPC servers implemented in Ruby, you have to restart them. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-146-1 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1992 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Sep/msg00002.html Debian Security Information: DSA-748 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-748 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-543.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2005:018 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html AUSCERT Advisory: ESB-2005.0732 http://www.auscert.org.au/5509 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#684913 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/684913 Computer Incident Advisory Center Bulletin: P-312 http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-312.shtml BugTraq ID: 14016 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14016 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10819 http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
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