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Debian Security Advisory DSA 748-1 (ruby1.8)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
16 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to ruby1.8 announced via advisory DSA 748-1.
Insight
Insight
A vulnerability has been discovered in ruby1.8 that could allow arbitrary command execution on a server running the ruby xmlrpc server. The old stable distribution (woody) did not include ruby1.8. This problem is fixed for the current stable distribution (sarge) in version 1.8.2-7sarge1. This problem is fixed for the unstable distribution in version 1.8.2-8. We recommend that you upgrade your ruby1.8 package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20748-1