Upstream information

CVE-2008-3905 at MITRE

Description

resolv.rb in Ruby 1.8.5 and earlier, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p287, 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p72, and 1.9 r18423 and earlier uses sequential transaction IDs and constant source ports for DNS requests, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 423234 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11
  • ruby >= 1.8.7.p72-5.22.1
  • ruby-doc-html >= 1.8.7.p72-5.22.1
  • ruby-tk >= 1.8.7.p72-5.22.1
 Patchnames:
slessp0-ruby

Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 ruby Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 06:46:36 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Nov 29 11:44:40 2022