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MiracleLinux 3 : ruby-1.8.5-5.1.1AXS3 (AXSA:2008-86:01)

🗓️ 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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MiracleLinux 3 hosts Ruby vulnerabilities allowing code execution or denial of service.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# Miracle Linux Security Advisory AXSA:2008-86:01.
##

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(284321);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/14");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2008-2376",
    "CVE-2008-2662",
    "CVE-2008-2663",
    "CVE-2008-2664",
    "CVE-2008-2725",
    "CVE-2008-2726"
  );

  script_name(english:"MiracleLinux 3 : ruby-1.8.5-5.1.1AXS3 (AXSA:2008-86:01)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
AXSA:2008-86:01 advisory.

    Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented  programming.
    CVE 2008-2662: Multiple integer overflows in the rb_str_buf_append function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier,
    1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22, and 1.9.0 before 1.9.0-2 allow
    context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unknown vectors
    that trigger memory corruption, a different issue than CVE-2008-2663, CVE-2008-2664, and CVE-2008-2725.
    NOTE: as of 20080624, there has been inconsistent usage of multiple CVE identifiers related to Ruby. This
    CVE description should be regarded as authoritative, although it is likely to change.
    CVE 2008-2663:Multiple integer overflows in the rb_ary_store function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5
    before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, and 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22 allow context-dependent attackers
    to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unknown vectors, a different issue than
    CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2664, and CVE-2008-2725. NOTE: as of 20080624, there has been inconsistent usage
    of multiple CVE identifiers related to Ruby. The CVE description should be regarded as authoritative,
    although it is likely to change.
    CVE 2008-2664:The rb_str_format function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before
    1.8.6-p230, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22, and 1.9.0 before 1.9.0-2 allows context-dependent attackers to trigger
    memory corruption via unspecified vectors related to alloca, a different issue than CVE-2008-2662,
    CVE-2008-2663, and CVE-2008-2725. NOTE: as of 20080624, there has been inconsistent usage of multiple CVE
    identifiers related to Ruby. The CVE description should be regarded as authoritative, although it is
    likely to change.
    CVE 2008-2725:Integer overflow in the rb_ary_splice function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before
    1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, and 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22 allows context-dependent attackers to
    trigger memory corruption via unspecified vectors, aka the REALLOC_N variant, a different issue than
    CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663, and CVE-2008-2664. NOTE: as of 20080624, there has been inconsistent usage
    of multiple CVE identifiers related to Ruby. The CVE description should be regarded as authoritative,
    although it is likely to change.
    CVE 2008-2726:Integer overflow in the rb_ary_splice function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before
    1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22, and 1.9.0 before 1.9.0-2 allows context-
    dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption, aka the beg + rlen issue. NOTE: as of 20080624, there
    has been inconsistent usage of multiple CVE identifiers related to Ruby. The CVE description should be
    regarded as authoritative, although it is likely to change.
    CVE 2008-2376:Integer overflow in the rb_ary_fill function in array.c in Ruby before revision 17756 allows
    context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact
    via a call to the Array#fill method with a start (aka beg) argument greater than ARY_MAX_SIZE. NOTE: this
    issue exists because of an incomplete fix for other closely related integer overflows.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/183");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2008-2663");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2008-2376");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/06/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/09/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/01/14");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ruby");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ruby-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ruby-docs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ruby-irb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ruby-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ruby-mode");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:ruby-tcltk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Miracle Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MiracleLinux/release", "Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'MIRACLE LINUX' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'MIRACLE LINUX');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'MIRACLE LINUX');
if (! preg(pattern:"^3([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'MiracleLinux 3.x', 'MIRACLE LINUX ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu && 's390' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'MIRACLE LINUX', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'release': '3',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'ruby-1.8.5-5.1.1AXS3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'ruby-devel-1.8.5-5.1.1AXS3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'ruby-docs-1.8.5-5.1.1AXS3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'ruby-irb-1.8.5-5.1.1AXS3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'ruby-libs-1.8.5-5.1.1AXS3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'ruby-mode-1.8.5-5.1.1AXS3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'},
      {'reference':'ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-5.1.1AXS3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'}
    ]
  }
];

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
    if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
  }
  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    reference = NULL;
    sp = NULL;
    _cpu = NULL;
    el_string = NULL;
    rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    epoch = NULL;
    allowmaj = NULL;
    exists_check = NULL;
    cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        ## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
        rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}
if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'ruby / ruby-devel / ruby-docs / ruby-irb / ruby-libs / ruby-mode / etc');
}

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