Summary
The remote host is missing an update to ruby1.8, ruby1.9 announced via advisory DSA 1860-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201860-1
Insight
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ruby. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2009-0642
The return value from the OCSP_basic_verify function was not checked properly, allowing continued use of a revoked certificate.
CVE-2009-1904
An issue in parsing BigDecimal numbers can result in a denial-of-service condition (crash).
The following matrix identifies fixed versions:
ruby1.8 ruby1.9
oldstable (etch) 1.8.5-4etch5 1.9.0+20060609-1etch5 stable (lenny) 1.8.7.72-3lenny1 1.9.0.2-9lenny1 unstable (sid) 1.8.7.173-1 (soon)
We recommend that you upgrade your Ruby packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0642, CVE-2009-1904 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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