Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63099
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1695-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ruby1.8, ruby1.9' package(s) announced via the DSA-1695-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ruby1.8, ruby1.9' package(s) announced via the DSA-1695-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The regular expression engine of Ruby, a scripting language, contains a memory leak which can be triggered remotely under certain circumstances, leading to a denial of service condition (CVE-2008-3443). In addition, this security update addresses a regression in the REXML XML parser of the ruby1.8 package, the regression was introduced in DSA-1651-1. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.5-4etch4 of the ruby1.8 package, and version 1.9.0+20060609-1etch4 of the ruby1.9 package. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.7.72-1 of the ruby1.8 package. The ruby1.9 package will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your Ruby packages. Affected Software/OS: 'ruby1.8, ruby1.9' package(s) on Debian 4. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). 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-2008-3443 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html BugTraq ID: 30682 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30682 Cert/CC Advisory: TA09-133A http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html Debian Security Information: DSA-1695 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1695 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6239 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00299.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00259.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9570 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0895.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021075 http://secunia.com/advisories/31430 http://secunia.com/advisories/32165 http://secunia.com/advisories/32219 http://secunia.com/advisories/32371 http://secunia.com/advisories/32372 http://secunia.com/advisories/33185 http://secunia.com/advisories/33398 http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4158 https://usn.ubuntu.com/651-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/691-1/ http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 XForce ISS Database: ruby-regex-dos(44688) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44688
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