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FreeBSD Ports: ruby, ruby+pthreads, ruby+pthreads+oniguruma, ruby+oniguruma
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following packages are affected: ruby ruby+pthreads ruby+pthreads+oniguruma ruby+oniguruma CVE-2008-1447 The DNS protocol, as implemented in (1) BIND 8 and 9 before 9.5.0-P1, 9.4.2-P1, and 9.3.5-P1 (2) Microsoft DNS in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 and other implementations allow remote attackers to spoof DNS traffic via a birthday attack that uses in-bailiwick referrals to conduct cache poisoning against recursive resolvers, related to insufficient randomness of DNS transaction IDs and source ports, aka 'DNS Insufficient Socket Entropy Vulnerability' or 'the Kaminsky bug.'
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/08/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-ruby/ http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/959d384d-6b59-11dd-9d79-001fc61c2a55.html