Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841379
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu Update for ruby1.8 USN-1780-1
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby1.8'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby1.8' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Ben Murphy discovered that the Ruby REXML library incorrectly handled XML entity expansion. An attacker could use this flaw to cause Ruby to consume large amounts of memory, resulting in a denial of service. Affected Software/OS: ruby1.8 on Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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
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