Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702738
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 2738-1 (ruby1.9.1 - several vulnerabilities)
Summary:	Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for;the Ruby language, which may lead to denial of service and other;security problems. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project;identifies the following problems:;;CVE-2013-1821;Ben Murphy discovered that unrestricted entity expansion in REXML;can lead to a Denial of Service by consuming all host memory.;;CVE-2013-4073;William (B.J.) Snow Orvis discovered a vulnerability in the hostname;checking in Ruby's SSL client that could allow man-in-the-middle;attackers to spoof SSL servers via valid certificate issued by a;trusted certification authority.
Description:	Summary: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the Ruby language, which may lead to denial of service and other security problems. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2013-1821 Ben Murphy discovered that unrestricted entity expansion in REXML can lead to a Denial of Service by consuming all host memory. CVE-2013-4073 William (B.J.) Snow Orvis discovered a vulnerability in the hostname checking in Ruby's SSL client that could allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via valid certificate issued by a trusted certification authority. Affected Software/OS: ruby1.9.1 on Debian Linux Solution: For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.2.0-2+deb6u1. For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.3.194-8.1+deb7u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.3.194-8.2. We recommend that you upgrade your ruby1.9.1 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-2013-1821 BugTraq ID: 58141 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58141 Debian Security Information: DSA-2738 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2738 Debian Security Information: DSA-2809 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2809 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:124 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=702525 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=914716 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/06/5 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:0611 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0611.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:0612 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0612.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1028 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1028.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1147 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1147.html http://secunia.com/advisories/52783 http://secunia.com/advisories/52902 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2013&m=slackware-security.426862 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:0609 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00001.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:0647 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00015.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0603 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00034.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:0614 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00036.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1780-1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-4073 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1090 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1090.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1103 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1103.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:1137 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1137.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1181 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00042.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1186 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00044.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1902-1
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