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Oracle Linux 8 : ruby:2.6 (ELSA-2021-2588)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151449

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-2588 advisory.

 ruby [2.6.7-107]
 - Upgrade to Ruby 2.6.7.
 Resolves: rhbz#1952627
 - Resolv::DNS: timeouts if multiple IPv6 name servers are given an address containing leading zero Resolves: rhbz#1954968
 - Fix: Rubygem-bundler: Don't use insecure tmp directory as home allows for execution of malicious code.
 Resolves: rhbz#1954969

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-2588.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 151449

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-2588.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/7/2021

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16255

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygems, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-openssl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-psych, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-mongo-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-pg, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-net-telnet, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-mongo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-did_you_mean, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-irb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-bson, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-power_assert, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygems-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-bson-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-bundler, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-mysql2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-abrt-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-pg-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-mysql2-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-abrt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-test-unit

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15845, CVE-2019-16201, CVE-2019-16254, CVE-2019-16255, CVE-2019-3881, CVE-2020-10663, CVE-2020-10933, CVE-2020-25613, CVE-2021-28965