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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2014.88
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-88-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ruby1.8' package(s) announced via the DLA-88-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ruby1.8' package(s) announced via the DLA-88-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
This update fixes multiple local and remote denial of service and remote code execute problems:

CVE-2011-0188

Properly allocate memory, to prevent arbitrary code execution or application crash. Reported by Drew Yao.

CVE-2011-2686

Reinitialize the random seed when forking to prevent CVE-2003-0900 like situations.

CVE-2011-2705

Modify PRNG state to prevent random number sequence repeatation at forked child process which has same pid. Reported by Eric Wong.

CVE-2011-4815

Fix a problem with predictable hash collisions resulting in denial of service (CPU consumption) attacks. Reported by Alexander Klink and Julian Waelde.

CVE-2014-8080

Fix REXML parser to prevent memory consumption denial of service via crafted XML documents. Reported by Willis Vandevanter.

CVE-2014-8090

Add REXML::Document#document to complement the fix for CVE-2014-8080. Reported by Tomas Hoger.

For Debian 6 Squeeze, these issues have been fixed in ruby1.8 version 1.8.7.302-2squeeze3

Affected Software/OS:
'ruby1.8' package(s) on Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

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

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-2011-2686
49015
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49015
FEDORA-2011-9359
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063071.html
FEDORA-2011-9374
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063062.html
[oss-security] 20110711 CVE Request: ruby PRNG fixes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/11/1
[oss-security] 20110712 Re: CVE Request: ruby PRNG fixes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/12/14
[oss-security] 20110720 Re: CVE Request: ruby PRNG fixes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/16
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/4338
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=31713
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_8_7_352/ChangeLog
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/07/02/ruby-1-8-7-p352-released/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722415
ruby-random-number-dos(69032)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69032
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2705
RHSA-2011:1581
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1581.html
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4579
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=32050
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_9_2_290/ChangeLog
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/07/15/ruby-1-9-2-p290-is-released/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-4815
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
Bugtraq: 20111228 n.runs-SA-2011.004 - web programming languages and platforms - DoS through hash table (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.html
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#903934
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN90615481/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2012/JVNDB-2012-000066.html
http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/391606
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:0069
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0069.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:0070
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0070.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026474
http://secunia.com/advisories/47405
http://secunia.com/advisories/47822
XForce ISS Database: ruby-hash-dos(72020)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72020
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8080
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
BugTraq ID: 70935
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70935
Debian Security Information: DSA-3157 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157
Debian Security Information: DSA-3159 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3159
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1911
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1912
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1913
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1914
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61607
http://secunia.com/advisories/62050
http://secunia.com/advisories/62748
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:1589 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0002 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00000.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0007 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00004.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8090
BugTraq ID: 71230
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71230
http://secunia.com/advisories/59948
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2412-1
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