ruby security update

Advisory:	RHSA-2005:543-08
Type:	Security Advisory
Severity:	Moderate
Issued on:	2005-08-05
Last updated on:	2005-08-05
Affected Products:	Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL:	N/A
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):	CVE-2005-1992

Details

Updated ruby packages that fix an arbitrary command execution issue are now
available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for object-oriented programming.

A bug was found in the way Ruby launched an XMLRPC server. If an XMLRPC
server is launched in a certain way, it becomes possible for a remote
attacker to execute arbitrary commands within the XMLRPC server. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name
CAN-2005-1992 to this issue.

Users of Ruby should update to these erratum packages, which contain a
backported patch and are not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`31372062f0d881ce2c91e2d187b029d5`

IA-32:
irb-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`b9ab29ce32e70dd5471de91560bdd4f6`
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`eba2cc72188020b2b9bbc5bbde939bb8`
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`4257ac1ab4709dfa464f81054bd12c39`
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`dedecf5621f2859495d52f0b02282841`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f7ed1bed02b2f79fe4cd097dc567a2c7`
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`c380cbac78da65fbb897c646cb3b5459`
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`e9e56dd4415929b52a4c90d6839659b9`

x86_64:
irb-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`bc12397f3bb00edddf14f64f74ab67ba`
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`b26063e6a2aa63710e6944d5bb79b453`
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`427f4782a84142f57a1af1b7c61cdf9d`
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f0c0d0ea9a30b3d3f66dfd8373e9b499`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f7ed1bed02b2f79fe4cd097dc567a2c7`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`1725ca62b635102dfcbb093227acb20c`
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`8cc745ce2f953090fb82ba0b85a0b63c`
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`4bb79c1c55987a45937382465bc4522f`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`31372062f0d881ce2c91e2d187b029d5`

IA-32:
irb-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`b9ab29ce32e70dd5471de91560bdd4f6`
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`eba2cc72188020b2b9bbc5bbde939bb8`
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`4257ac1ab4709dfa464f81054bd12c39`
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`dedecf5621f2859495d52f0b02282841`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f7ed1bed02b2f79fe4cd097dc567a2c7`
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`c380cbac78da65fbb897c646cb3b5459`
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`e9e56dd4415929b52a4c90d6839659b9`

IA-64:
irb-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`ed8843b0bfe19091e0c533d8db33196c`
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`4c5ce3e8cbb7c57cee6f66849fc763cc`
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`34e76823bfaeda823383bde64d0df4e0`
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`21647391f11e72744b0be03dc8028602`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f7ed1bed02b2f79fe4cd097dc567a2c7`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`b4073db97e76467866f7d85a45765595`
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`fa21b028a1b2a5799def731cb846b344`
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`193f81cc54cf1227b139a6e5ac119ea6`

PPC:
irb-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`beb4d0fdf8d2f5f38651eba62dd6ba9e`
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`d8ed91625d984f15bd6c9b352e54aaec`
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`cc105ec506abbd823bf8dc80fb7cec08`
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`51920db16a6ee64764898987d2026448`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`b0c61ce2d92fc642e9b6d52c66e8040e`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`a46badf51f3138a6620391f246729b0f`
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`25c298da4b472459db1fc2b40c8db701`
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ppc.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`60271fc79cbdff10cf5cb1ef722a39bd`

s390:
irb-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`04aa2db064a7a762e5389b235b5daa91`
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f72f12eed8b173cb92bb511b1dbf3302`
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`6f86c9e7b69193900f580ede127b60b2`
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`0b7143547b88db11492d4864cb701880`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`243c6aaea67f84a658fab8b8c31244db`
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`40cdfa4be97de9aad1a6a9da689c059a`
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f2e934e2ebfdf5a6191106aec522a892`

s390x:
irb-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`11a8a4d354b51334138a0ea477bb4fd7`
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f02bb4e23c656ab468d1537c1190a61c`
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`63139e897479ddaf3e054e59fcd08526`
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`3e6448faa84b800efa597db361263727`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`243c6aaea67f84a658fab8b8c31244db`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`cc7f3c4f5c0435cc6120a12781b2d5d4`
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`c9ea680fbc08965381d30fe5bb471da0`
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`295e384de3ce95eb0f0bcdaeda286d8d`

x86_64:
irb-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`bc12397f3bb00edddf14f64f74ab67ba`
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`b26063e6a2aa63710e6944d5bb79b453`
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`427f4782a84142f57a1af1b7c61cdf9d`
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f0c0d0ea9a30b3d3f66dfd8373e9b499`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f7ed1bed02b2f79fe4cd097dc567a2c7`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`1725ca62b635102dfcbb093227acb20c`
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`8cc745ce2f953090fb82ba0b85a0b63c`
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`4bb79c1c55987a45937382465bc4522f`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`31372062f0d881ce2c91e2d187b029d5`

IA-32:
irb-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`b9ab29ce32e70dd5471de91560bdd4f6`
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`eba2cc72188020b2b9bbc5bbde939bb8`
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`4257ac1ab4709dfa464f81054bd12c39`
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`dedecf5621f2859495d52f0b02282841`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f7ed1bed02b2f79fe4cd097dc567a2c7`
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`c380cbac78da65fbb897c646cb3b5459`
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`e9e56dd4415929b52a4c90d6839659b9`

IA-64:
irb-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`ed8843b0bfe19091e0c533d8db33196c`
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`4c5ce3e8cbb7c57cee6f66849fc763cc`
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`34e76823bfaeda823383bde64d0df4e0`
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`21647391f11e72744b0be03dc8028602`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f7ed1bed02b2f79fe4cd097dc567a2c7`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`b4073db97e76467866f7d85a45765595`
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`fa21b028a1b2a5799def731cb846b344`
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`193f81cc54cf1227b139a6e5ac119ea6`

x86_64:
irb-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`bc12397f3bb00edddf14f64f74ab67ba`
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`b26063e6a2aa63710e6944d5bb79b453`
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`427f4782a84142f57a1af1b7c61cdf9d`
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f0c0d0ea9a30b3d3f66dfd8373e9b499`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f7ed1bed02b2f79fe4cd097dc567a2c7`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`1725ca62b635102dfcbb093227acb20c`
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`8cc745ce2f953090fb82ba0b85a0b63c`
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`4bb79c1c55987a45937382465bc4522f`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.src.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`31372062f0d881ce2c91e2d187b029d5`

IA-32:
irb-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`b9ab29ce32e70dd5471de91560bdd4f6`
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`eba2cc72188020b2b9bbc5bbde939bb8`
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`4257ac1ab4709dfa464f81054bd12c39`
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`dedecf5621f2859495d52f0b02282841`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f7ed1bed02b2f79fe4cd097dc567a2c7`
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`c380cbac78da65fbb897c646cb3b5459`
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`e9e56dd4415929b52a4c90d6839659b9`

IA-64:
irb-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`ed8843b0bfe19091e0c533d8db33196c`
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`4c5ce3e8cbb7c57cee6f66849fc763cc`
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`34e76823bfaeda823383bde64d0df4e0`
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`21647391f11e72744b0be03dc8028602`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f7ed1bed02b2f79fe4cd097dc567a2c7`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`b4073db97e76467866f7d85a45765595`
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`fa21b028a1b2a5799def731cb846b344`
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`193f81cc54cf1227b139a6e5ac119ea6`

x86_64:
irb-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`bc12397f3bb00edddf14f64f74ab67ba`
ruby-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`b26063e6a2aa63710e6944d5bb79b453`
ruby-devel-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`427f4782a84142f57a1af1b7c61cdf9d`
ruby-docs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f0c0d0ea9a30b3d3f66dfd8373e9b499`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`f7ed1bed02b2f79fe4cd097dc567a2c7`
ruby-libs-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`1725ca62b635102dfcbb093227acb20c`
ruby-mode-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`8cc745ce2f953090fb82ba0b85a0b63c`
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-7.EL4.1.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2008:0561	`4bb79c1c55987a45937382465bc4522f`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

161095 - CAN-2005-1992 ruby arbitrary command execution on XMLRPC server

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1992

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