CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
92.9%
Yukihiro Matsumoto reported that Ruby’s HTTP module uses blocking sockets. By sending large amounts of data to a server application that uses this module, a remote attacker could exploit this to render this application unusable and not respond any more to other clients (Denial of Service).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-273-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(21292);
script_version("1.16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-1931");
script_bugtraq_id(17645);
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"273-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : ruby1.8 vulnerability (USN-273-1)");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Yukihiro Matsumoto reported that Ruby's HTTP module uses blocking
sockets. By sending large amounts of data to a server application that
uses this module, a remote attacker could exploit this to render this
application unusable and not respond any more to other clients (Denial
of Service).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:irb1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbigdecimal-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurses-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdbm-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdl-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libdrb-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liberb-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgdbm-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libiconv-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libopenssl-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpty-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libracc-runtime-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libreadline-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librexml-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby1.8-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsdbm-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsoap-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstrscan-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsyslog-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtcltk-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtest-unit-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtk-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwebrick-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxmlrpc-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libyaml-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libzlib-ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rdoc1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ri1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby1.8-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby1.8-elisp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby1.8-examples");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/04/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/04/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/11/21");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2006-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2006-2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! ereg(pattern:"^(4\.10|5\.04|5\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"irb1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libbigdecimal-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libcurses-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libdbm-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libdl-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libdrb-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"liberb-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libgdbm-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libiconv-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libopenssl-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libpty-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libracc-runtime-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libreadline-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"librexml-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libruby1.8-dbg", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libsdbm-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libsoap-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libstrscan-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libsyslog-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libtcltk-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libtest-unit-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libtk-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libwebrick-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libxmlrpc-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libyaml-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"libzlib-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"rdoc1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"ri1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"ruby1.8-dev", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"ruby1.8-elisp", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"ruby1.8-examples", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre2-3ubuntu0.4")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"irb1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libbigdecimal-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libcurses-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libdbm-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libdl-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libdrb-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"liberb-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libgdbm-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libiconv-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libopenssl-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libpty-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libracc-runtime-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libreadline-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"librexml-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libruby1.8-dbg", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libsdbm-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libsoap-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libstrscan-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libsyslog-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libtcltk-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libtest-unit-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libtk-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libwebrick-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libxmlrpc-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libyaml-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"libzlib-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"rdoc1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"ri1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"ruby1.8-dev", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"ruby1.8-elisp", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.04", pkgname:"ruby1.8-examples", pkgver:"1.8.1+1.8.2pre4-1ubuntu0.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.10", pkgname:"irb1.8", pkgver:"1.8.2-9ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.10", pkgname:"libdbm-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.2-9ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.10", pkgname:"libgdbm-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.2-9ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.10", pkgname:"libopenssl-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.2-9ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.10", pkgname:"libreadline-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.2-9ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.10", pkgname:"libruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.2-9ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.10", pkgname:"libruby1.8-dbg", pkgver:"1.8.2-9ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.10", pkgname:"libtcltk-ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.2-9ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.10", pkgname:"rdoc1.8", pkgver:"1.8.2-9ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.10", pkgname:"ri1.8", pkgver:"1.8.2-9ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.10", pkgname:"ruby1.8", pkgver:"1.8.2-9ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.10", pkgname:"ruby1.8-dev", pkgver:"1.8.2-9ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.10", pkgname:"ruby1.8-elisp", pkgver:"1.8.2-9ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"5.10", pkgname:"ruby1.8-examples", pkgver:"1.8.2-9ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : ubuntu_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "irb1.8 / libbigdecimal-ruby1.8 / libcurses-ruby1.8 / libdbm-ruby1.8 / etc");
}