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Debian DSA-4433-1 : ruby2.3 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 124096

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Rubygems included in the interpreter for the Ruby language, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the ruby2.3 packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.3.3-1+deb9u6.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ruby2.3

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/ruby2.3

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4433

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 124096

File Name: debian_DSA-4433.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/17/2019

Updated: 6/3/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8320

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8324

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby2.3

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8320, CVE-2019-8321, CVE-2019-8322, CVE-2019-8323, CVE-2019-8324, CVE-2019-8325

DSA: 4433