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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60261
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:029 (ruby)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to ruby
announced via advisory MDVSA-2008:029.

Ruby network libraries Net::HTTP, Net::IMAP, Net::FTPTLS, Net::Telnet,
Net::POP3, and Net::SMTP, up to Ruby version 1.8.6 are affected by a
possible man-in-the-middle attack, when using SSL, due to a missing
check of the CN (common name) attribute in SSL certificates against
the server's hostname.

The updated packages have been patched to prevent the issue.

Affected: 2007.0, 2007.1, 2008.0, 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=MDVSA-2008:029

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.9

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5162
BugTraq ID: 32447
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32447
FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-08:11
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:11.arc4random.asc
http://osvdb.org/50137
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021276
http://secunia.com/advisories/32871
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-5770
1018938
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018938
26421
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26421
26985
http://secunia.com/advisories/26985
27576
http://secunia.com/advisories/27576
27673
http://secunia.com/advisories/27673
27756
http://secunia.com/advisories/27756
27764
http://secunia.com/advisories/27764
27769
http://secunia.com/advisories/27769
27818
http://secunia.com/advisories/27818
28136
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
28645
http://secunia.com/advisories/28645
29556
http://secunia.com/advisories/29556
ADV-2007-4238
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
APPLE-SA-2007-12-17
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
DSA-1410
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1410
DSA-1411
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1411
DSA-1412
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1412
MDVSA-2008:029
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:029
RHSA-2007:0961
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0961.html
RHSA-2007:0965
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0965.html
SUSE-SR:2007:024
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_24_sr.html
TA07-352A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
USN-596-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-596-1
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=13656
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=362081
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11025
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11025
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