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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703157
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian Security Advisory DSA 3157-1 (ruby1.9.1 - security update)
Summary:Multiple vulnerabilities were;discovered in the interpreter for the Ruby language:;;CVE-2014-4975;The encodes() function in pack.c had an off-by-one error that could;lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. This could allow remote;attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or arbitrary code;execution.;;CVE-2014-8080,;CVE-2014-8090;The REXML parser could be coerced into allocating large string;objects that could consume all available memory on the system. This;could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).
Description:Summary:
Multiple vulnerabilities were
discovered in the interpreter for the Ruby language:

CVE-2014-4975
The encodes() function in pack.c had an off-by-one error that could
lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. This could allow remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or arbitrary code
execution.

CVE-2014-8080,
CVE-2014-8090
The REXML parser could be coerced into allocating large string
objects that could consume all available memory on the system. This
could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

Affected Software/OS:
ruby1.9.1 on Debian Linux

Solution:
For the stable distribution (wheezy),
these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.3.194-8.1+deb7u3.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been
fixed in version 2.1.5-1 of the ruby2.1 source package.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.1.5-1 of the ruby2.1 source package.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby1.9.1 packages.

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-4975
BugTraq ID: 68474
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68474
Debian Security Information: DSA-3157 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/09/13
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://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1
XForce ISS Database: ruby-cve20144975-bo(94706)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94706
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-3159 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3159
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1911
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.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
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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