Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.870672
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for ruby RHSA-2011:0910-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has features to process text files and to do system management tasks. A flaw was found in the way large amounts of memory were allocated on 64-bit systems when using the BigDecimal class. A context-dependent attacker could use this flaw to cause memory corruption, causing a Ruby application that uses the BigDecimal class to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. This issue did not affect 32-bit systems. (CVE-2011-0188) A race condition flaw was found in the remove system entries method in the FileUtils module. If a local user ran a Ruby script that uses this method, a local attacker could use this flaw to delete arbitrary files and directories accessible to that user via a symbolic link attack. (CVE-2011-1004) A flaw was found in the method for translating an exception message into a string in the Exception class. A remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass safe level 4 restrictions, allowing untrusted (tainted) code to modify arbitrary, trusted (untainted) strings, which safe level 4 restrictions would otherwise prevent. (CVE-2011-1005) Red Hat would like to thank Drew Yao of Apple Product Security for reporting the CVE-2011-0188 issue. All Ruby users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. Affected Software/OS: ruby on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-0188 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:097 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:098 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0910.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025236 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1004 43434 http://secunia.com/advisories/43434 43573 http://secunia.com/advisories/43573 46460 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46460 70958 http://osvdb.org/70958 ADV-2011-0539 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0539 APPLE-SA-2012-05-09-1 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html FEDORA-2011-1876 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054422.html FEDORA-2011-1913 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054436.html MDVSA-2011:097 RHSA-2011:0909 RHSA-2011:0910 [oss-security] 20110221 CVE request: ruby: FileUtils is vulnerable to symlink race attacks + Exception methods can bypass $SAFE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/2 [oss-security] 20110221 Re: CVE request: ruby: FileUtils is vulnerable to symlink race attacks + Exception methods can bypass $SAFE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/5 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281 http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/02/18/fileutils-is-vulnerable-to-symlink-race-attacks/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678913 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1005 43420 http://secunia.com/advisories/43420 46458 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46458 70957 http://osvdb.org/70957 MDVSA-2011:098 RHSA-2011:0908 http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/02/18/exception-methods-can-bypass-safe/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678920
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