Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1411-1 libopenssl-ruby -- programming error
- Date Reported:
- 24 Nov 2007
- Affected Packages:
- libopenssl-ruby
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-5162, CVE-2007-5770.
- More information:
-
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ruby, an object-oriented scripting language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CVE-2007-5162
It was discovered that the Ruby HTTP(S) module performs insufficient validation of SSL certificates, which may lead to man-in-the-middle attacks.
- CVE-2007-5770
It was discovered that the Ruby modules for FTP, Telnet, IMAP, POP and SMTP perform insufficient validation of SSL certificates, which may lead to man-in-the-middle attacks.
For the old stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.1.4a-1sarge1. Packages for sparc will be provided later.
The stable distribution (etch) no longer contains libopenssl-ruby.
We recommend that you upgrade your libopenssl-ruby packages.
- CVE-2007-5162
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (oldstable)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libo/libopenssl-ruby/libopenssl-ruby_0.1.4a-1sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libo/libopenssl-ruby/libopenssl-ruby_0.1.4a.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libo/libopenssl-ruby/libopenssl-ruby_0.1.4a-1sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libo/libopenssl-ruby/libopenssl-ruby_0.1.4a.orig.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libo/libopenssl-ruby/libopenssl-ruby1.6_0.1.4a-1sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libo/libopenssl-ruby/libopenssl-ruby1.6_0.1.4a-1sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libo/libopenssl-ruby/libopenssl-ruby1.6_0.1.4a-1sarge1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libo/libopenssl-ruby/libopenssl-ruby1.6_0.1.4a-1sarge1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libo/libopenssl-ruby/libopenssl-ruby1.6_0.1.4a-1sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libo/libopenssl-ruby/libopenssl-ruby1.6_0.1.4a-1sarge1_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libo/libopenssl-ruby/libopenssl-ruby1.6_0.1.4a-1sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libo/libopenssl-ruby/libopenssl-ruby1.6_0.1.4a-1sarge1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libo/libopenssl-ruby/libopenssl-ruby1.6_0.1.4a-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libo/libopenssl-ruby/libopenssl-ruby1.6_0.1.4a-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libo/libopenssl-ruby/libopenssl-ruby1.6_0.1.4a-1sarge1_s390.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.