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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840389
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-900-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby1.9' package(s) announced via the USN-900-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby1.9' package(s) announced via the USN-900-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Emmanouel Kellinis discovered that Ruby did not properly handle certain
string operations. An attacker could exploit this issue and possibly
execute arbitrary code with application privileges. (CVE-2009-4124)

Giovanni Pellerano, Alessandro Tanasi, and Francesco Ongaro discovered that
Ruby did not properly sanitize data written to log files. An attacker could
insert specially-crafted data into log files which could affect certain
terminal emulators and cause arbitrary files to be overwritten, or even
possibly execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2009-4492)

It was discovered that Ruby did not properly handle string arguments that
represent large numbers. An attacker could exploit this and cause a denial
of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 9.10. (CVE-2009-1904)

Affected Software/OS:
'ruby1.9' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.04, Ubuntu 9.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1904
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
BugTraq ID: 35278
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35278
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00731.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-02.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:160
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-changes/2009/06/10/msg024708.html
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/fad60751e2b9b4f6?dmode=source
http://osvdb.org/55031
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9780
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1140.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022371
http://secunia.com/advisories/35399
http://secunia.com/advisories/35527
http://secunia.com/advisories/35593
http://secunia.com/advisories/35699
http://secunia.com/advisories/35937
http://secunia.com/advisories/37705
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.430805
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-805-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1563
XForce ISS Database: ruby-bigdecimal-dos(51032)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51032
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4124
BugTraq ID: 37278
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37278
http://www.osvdb.org/60880
http://secunia.com/advisories/37660
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3471
XForce ISS Database: ruby-rbstrjustify-bo(54674)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54674
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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