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Unscored RHSA-2011:0909 5 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated May 9, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 10

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server ruby 0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server ruby-debuginfo 0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server ruby-devel 0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server ruby-docs 0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server ruby-irb 0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server ruby-libs 0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server ruby-mode 0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server ruby-rdoc 0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server ruby-ri 0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server ruby-tcltk 0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1

Vulnerabilities 5

  • Medium —
    CVE-2009-4492 Public exploit EPSS 16%

    WEBrick Improper Input Validation vulnerability

    WEBrick 1.3.1 in Ruby 1.8.6 through patchlevel 383, 1.8.7 through patchlevel 248, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through patchlevel 376, and 1.9.2dev writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window…

    webrick RubyGems
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2010-0541

    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WEBrick HTTP server in Ruby in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, and 10.6 before 1…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2011-0188

    The VpMemAlloc function in bigdecimal.c in the BigDecimal class in Ruby 1.9.2-p136 and earlier, as used on Apple Mac OS…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2011-1004

    The FileUtils.remove_entry_secure method in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-330, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 thro…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2011-1005

    The safe-level feature in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-330, and 1.8.8dev allows context-dependent …

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • article
    http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/02/18/fileutils-is-vulnerable-to-symlink-race-attacks/
  • article
    http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/02/18/exception-methods-can-bypass-safe/
  • article
    http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2010/01/10/webrick-escape-sequence-injection/
  • article
    http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2010/08/16/xss-in-webrick-cve-2010-0541/
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554485
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=587731
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678913
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678920
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682332
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2011/rhsa-2011_0909.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4492
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4492
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4492
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0541
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0541
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0541
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0188
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0188
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0188
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1004
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1004
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1004
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1005
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1005
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1005