Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57186
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-325-1 (ruby1.8)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-325-1 (ruby1.8)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to ruby1.8 announced via advisory USN-325-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The alias function, certain directory operations, and regular expressions did not correctly implement safe levels. Depending on the application these flaws might allow attackers to bypass safe level restrictions and perform unintended operations. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.04: libruby1.8 1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.4 ruby1.8 1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.4 Ubuntu 5.10: libruby1.8 1.8.2-9ubuntu1.2 ruby1.8 1.8.2-9ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: libruby1.8 1.8.4-1ubuntu1.1 ruby1.8 1.8.4-1ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-325-1 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-3694 http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2006-July/003907.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2006-July/003915.html Debian Security Information: DSA-1139 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1139 Debian Security Information: DSA-1157 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1157 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:134 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0604.html SGI Security Advisory: 20060801-01-P ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:021 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_21_sr.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-325-1 http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2313947696/index.html http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2383768862/index.html BugTraq ID: 18944 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18944 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9983 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2760 http://www.osvdb.org/27144 http://www.osvdb.org/27145 http://secunia.com/advisories/21009 http://secunia.com/advisories/21233 http://secunia.com/advisories/21236 http://secunia.com/advisories/21272 http://secunia.com/advisories/21337 http://secunia.com/advisories/21657 http://secunia.com/advisories/21598 http://secunia.com/advisories/21749 XForce ISS Database: ruby-alias-directory-security-bypass(27725) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/27725
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