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Fedora 27 : ruby (2018-a459acd54b)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 110389

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Backport `rubygem.macros` changes. Enables maintaners to build rubygems using same macros in all Fedoras.

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Rebase to Ruby 2.4.4. Includes several CVE fixes.
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/

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Solution

Update the affected ruby package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-a459acd54b

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 110389

File Name: fedora_2018-a459acd54b.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/7/2018

Updated: 9/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8780

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ruby

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17742, CVE-2018-6914, CVE-2018-8777, CVE-2018-8778, CVE-2018-8779, CVE-2018-8780