Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.13.2013.350.06
Category:	Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:	Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2013-350-06)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby' package(s) announced via the SSA:2013-350-06 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby' package(s) announced via the SSA:2013-350-06 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: New ruby packages are available for Slackware 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p484-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a heap overflow in floating point parsing. A specially crafted string could cause a heap overflow leading to a denial of service attack via segmentation faults and possibly arbitrary code execution. For more information, see: [links moved to references] (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Affected Software/OS: 'ruby' package(s) on Slackware 13.1, Slackware 13.37, Slackware 14.0, Slackware 14.1, Slackware current. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). 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-2013-4164 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-04/0134.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html BugTraq ID: 63873 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63873 Debian Security Information: DSA-2809 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2809 Debian Security Information: DSA-2810 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2810 http://osvdb.org/100113 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1763 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1763.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1764 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1764.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1767 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1767.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:0011 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0011.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:0215 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0215.html http://secunia.com/advisories/55787 http://secunia.com/advisories/57376 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:1897 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00009.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1834 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00027.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1835 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00028.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2035-1
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