Summary
The remote host is missing an update to ruby
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:325.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:325
Insight
Multiple vulnerabilities was discovered and corrected in ruby:
ext/openssl/ossl_ocsp.c in Ruby 1.8 and 1.9 does not properly check the return value from the OCSP_basic_verify function, which might allow remote attackers to successfully present an invalid X.509 certificate, possibly involving a revoked certificate (CVE-2009-0642).
The BigDecimal library in Ruby 1.8.6 before p369 and 1.8.7 before p173 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a string argument that represents a large number, as demonstrated by an attempted conversion to the Float data type (CVE-2009-1904).
Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for Corporate products.
This update provides a solution to these vulnerabilities.
Affected: 2008.0
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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