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Fedora 29 : 1:rubygem-rack (2018-e8ff8b7f8e)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 120874

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Buffer size in multipart parser allows for denial of service (CVE-2018-16470).

 - Cross-site scripting (XSS) via `scheme` method on `Rack::Request` (CVE-2018-16471).

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Solution

Update the affected 1:rubygem-rack package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-e8ff8b7f8e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 120874

File Name: fedora_2018-e8ff8b7f8e.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2019

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16471

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:1:rubygem-rack, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16470, CVE-2018-16471