Debian DSA-4247-1 : ruby-rack-protection - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 111112

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A timing attack was discovered in the function for CSRF token validation of the 'Ruby rack protection' framework.

Solution

Upgrade the ruby-rack-protection packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.3-2+deb9u1.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?750d01ef

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/ruby-rack-protection

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4247

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 111112

File Name: debian_DSA-4247.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/17/2018

Updated: 9/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000119

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-rack-protection, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000119

DSA: 4247