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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55591
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-862-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ruby1.6' package(s) announced via the DSA-862-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ruby1.6' package(s) announced via the DSA-862-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Yutaka Oiwa discovered a bug in Ruby, the interpreter for the object-oriented scripting language, that can cause illegal program code to bypass the safe level and taint flag protections check and be executed. The following matrix lists the fixed versions in our distributions:



old stable (woody)

stable (sarge)

unstable (sid)

ruby

1.6.7-3woody5

n/a

n/a

ruby1.6

n/a

1.6.8-12sarge1

1.6.8-13

ruby1.8

n/a

1.8.2-7sarge2

1.8.3-1

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'ruby1.6' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2337
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html
BugTraq ID: 14909
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14909
BugTraq ID: 17951
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951
Cert/CC Advisory: TA06-132A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#160012
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/160012
Debian Security Information: DSA-860 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-860
Debian Security Information: DSA-862 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-862
Debian Security Information: DSA-864 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-864
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-05.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:191
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2362914675/index.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10564
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-799.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Sep/1014948.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16904
http://secunia.com/advisories/17094
http://secunia.com/advisories/17098
http://secunia.com/advisories/17129
http://secunia.com/advisories/17147
http://secunia.com/advisories/17285
http://secunia.com/advisories/19130
http://secunia.com/advisories/20077
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/59
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:005 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_sr.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-195-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1779
XForce ISS Database: ruby-eval-security-bypass(22360)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22360
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