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GLSA-201802-05 : Ruby: Command injection

high Nessus Plugin ID 106886

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201802-05 (Ruby: Command injection)

 A command injection flaw was discovered in Net::FTP which impacts Ruby.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker, by enticing a user to download and open a crafted file from a malicious FTP server, could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the process.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Ruby users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/ruby-2.2.9:2.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201802-05

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106886

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201802-05.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Published: 2/20/2018

Updated: 4/5/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ruby, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17405

GLSA: 201802-05