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FreeBSD : rubygems -- deserialization vulnerability (2c8bd00d-ada2-11e7-82af-8dbff7d75206)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 103760

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

oss-security mailing list :

There is a possible unsafe object desrialization vulnerability in RubyGems. It is possible for YAML deserialization of gem specifications to bypass class white lists. Specially crafted serialized objects can possibly be used to escalate to remote code execution.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/10/2

http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/10/09/2.6.14-released.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?21ff2e04

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 103760

File Name: freebsd_pkg_2c8bd00dada211e782af8dbff7d75206.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Published: 10/11/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby22-gems, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby23-gems, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby24-gems, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0903