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Oracle Linux 8 : ruby:2.7 (ELSA-2021-2584)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151450

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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-2021-2584 advisory.

 ruby [2.7.3-136]
 - Upgrade to Ruby 2.7.3.
 Resolves: rhbz#1951999
 - Resolv::DNS: timeouts if multiple IPv6 name servers are given and address contains leading zero Resolves: rhbz#1952000

 [2.7.2-135]
 - Upgrade to Ruby 2.7.2.
 - Avoid possible timeout errors in TestBugReporter#test_bug_reporter_add.

 [2.7.1-133]
 - Fix behavior allowing to load libraries multiple times.
 Resolves: rhbz#1842989
 - Add ruby-default-gems dependency on irb.

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-2021-2584.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 151450

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-2584.nasl

Version: 1.4

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: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2021-28965

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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-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:ruby-default-gems, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25613, CVE-2021-28965