Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to ruby announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-5664.
ChangeLog:
* Tue Jun 24 2008 Akira TAGOH - 1.8.6.230-1 - New upstream release. - Security fixes. (#452294). - CVE-2008-1891: WEBrick CGI source disclosure. - CVE-2008-2662: Integer overflow in rb_str_buf_append(). - CVE-2008-2663: Integer overflow in rb_ary_store(). - CVE-2008-2664: Unsafe use of alloca in rb_str_format(). - CVE-2008-2725: Integer overflow in rb_ary_splice(). - CVE-2008-2726: Integer overflow in rb_ary_splice(). - ruby-1.8.6.111-CVE-2007-5162.patch: removed.
References:
[ 1 ] Bug #450825 - CVE-2008-2663 ruby: Integer overflows in rb_ary_store() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450825 [ 2 ] Bug #443829 - CVE-2008-1891 ruby: WEBrick CGI source disclosure https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443829 [ 3 ] Bug #451821 - CVE-2008-2725 ruby: integer overflow in rb_ary_splice() (ruby-1.8.x) - REALLOC_N https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451821 [ 4 ] Bug #450821 - CVE-2008-2662 ruby: Integer overflows in rb_str_buf_append() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450821 [ 5 ] Bug #451828 - CVE-2008-2726 ruby: integer overflow in rb_ary_splice() (ruby-1.8.x) - beg + rlen https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451828 [ 6 ] Bug #450834 - CVE-2008-2664 ruby: Unsafe use of alloca in rb_str_format() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450834
Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update ruby' at the command line. For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-5664
Risk factor : Critical
CVSS Score: 10.0
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