Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840350
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-691-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby1.9' package(s) announced via the USN-691-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby1.9' package(s) announced via the USN-691-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Laurent Gaffie discovered that Ruby did not properly check for memory allocation failures. If a user or automated system were tricked into running a malicious script, an attacker could cause a denial of service. (CVE-2008-3443) This update also fixes a regression in the upstream patch previously applied to fix CVE-2008-3790. The regression would cause parsing of some XML documents to fail. Affected Software/OS: 'ruby1.9' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3443 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html BugTraq ID: 30682 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30682 Cert/CC Advisory: TA09-133A http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html Debian Security Information: DSA-1695 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1695 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6239 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00299.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00259.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9570 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0895.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021075 http://secunia.com/advisories/31430 http://secunia.com/advisories/32165 http://secunia.com/advisories/32219 http://secunia.com/advisories/32371 http://secunia.com/advisories/32372 http://secunia.com/advisories/33185 http://secunia.com/advisories/33398 http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4158 https://usn.ubuntu.com/651-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/691-1/ http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 XForce ISS Database: ruby-regex-dos(44688) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44688 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3790 BugTraq ID: 30802 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30802 Debian Security Information: DSA-1651 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1651 Debian Security Information: DSA-1652 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1652 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/19f69e8a081fc0d1/e138e014b74352ca http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/25/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/4 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10393 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020735 http://secunia.com/advisories/31602 http://secunia.com/advisories/32255 http://secunia.com/advisories/32256 http://secunia.com/advisories/33178 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2428 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2483 XForce ISS Database: ruby-rexml-dos(44628) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44628
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