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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66742
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201001-09 (ruby)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 201001-09.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 201001-09.

Vulnerability Insight:
An input sanitation flaw in the WEBrick HTTP server included in Ruby might
allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary control characters into
terminal
sessions.

Solution:
All Ruby 1.8.7 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/ruby-1.8.7_p249'

All Ruby 1.8.6 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/ruby-1.8.6_p388'

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-2009-4492
BugTraq ID: 37710
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37710
Bugtraq: 20100110 Nginx, Varnish, Cherokee, thttpd, mini-httpd, WEBrick, Orion, AOLserver, Yaws and Boa log escape sequence injection (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded
http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023429
http://secunia.com/advisories/37949
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0089
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