The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:0378 advisory.

  - ruby: Buffer underrun vulnerability in Kernel.sprintf (CVE-2017-0898)

  - rubygems: Escape sequence in the summary field of gemspec (CVE-2017-0899)

  - rubygems: No size limit in summary length of gem spec (CVE-2017-0900)

  - rubygems: Arbitrary file overwrite due to incorrect validation of specification name (CVE-2017-0901)

  - rubygems: DNS hijacking vulnerability (CVE-2017-0902)

  - rubygems: Unsafe object deserialization through YAML formatted gem specifications (CVE-2017-0903)

  - ruby: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in the Basic authentication of WEBrick (CVE-2017-10784)

  - ruby: Buffer underrun in OpenSSL ASN1 decode (CVE-2017-14033)

  - ruby: Arbitrary heap exposure during a JSON.generate call (CVE-2017-14064)

  - ruby: Command injection vulnerability in Net::FTP (CVE-2017-17405)

  - ruby: Command injection in lib/resolv.rb:lazy_initialize() allows arbitrary code execution     (CVE-2017-17790)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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RHEL 7 : ruby (RHSA-2018:0378)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 107082

Version 3.12