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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57671
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:225 (ruby)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to ruby
announced via advisory MDKSA-2006:225.

Another vulnerability has been discovered in the CGI library (cgi.rb)
that ships with Ruby which could be used by a malicious user to create
a denial of service attack (DoS).

Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: 2006.0, 2007.0, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2006:225

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-6303
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html
BugTraq ID: 21441
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21441
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-21.xml
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2384798830/index.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:225
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157048
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=218287
http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/lib/cgi.rb.diff?f=h&only_with_tag=MAIN&r1=text&tr1=1.92&r2=text&tr2=1.91
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10529
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017363
http://secunia.com/advisories/23165
http://secunia.com/advisories/23268
http://secunia.com/advisories/23454
http://secunia.com/advisories/25402
http://secunia.com/advisories/27576
http://secunia.com/advisories/31090
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:004 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-394-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4855
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939
XForce ISS Database: ruby-cgi-library-dos(30734)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30734
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