Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20051003.html
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/1daea60a-4719-11da-b5c6-0004614cc33d.html
Insight
The following packages are affected:
ruby
ruby_static
CVE-2005-2337
Ruby 1.6.x up to 1.6.8, 1.8.x up to 1.8.2, and 1.9.0 development up to 2005-09-01 allows attackers to bypass safe level and taint flag protections and execute disallowed code when Ruby processes a program through standard input (stdin).
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-2337 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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