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Debian DSA-4283-1 : ruby-json-jwt - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 112233

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that ruby-json-jwt, a Ruby implementation of JSON web tokens performed insufficient validation of GCM auth tags.

Solution

Upgrade the ruby-json-jwt packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.2-1+deb9u1.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0f0dbb2d

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/ruby-json-jwt

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4283

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 112233

File Name: debian_DSA-4283.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2018

Updated: 8/13/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000539

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-json-jwt, 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: 8/31/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000539

DSA: 4283