Debian dla-3227 : ruby-rails-html-sanitizer - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 168449

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3227 advisory.

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3227-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta December 07, 2022 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : ruby-rails-html-sanitizer Version : 1.0.4-1+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2022-32209 Debian Bug : 1013806

A potential cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in ruby-rails-html-sanitizer, a library to clean (or sanitize) HTML for rendering within Ruby on Rails web applications.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.4-1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby-rails-html-sanitizer packages.

For the detailed security status of ruby-rails-html-sanitizer please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/ruby-rails-html-sanitizer

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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

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

Solution

Upgrade the ruby-rails-html-sanitizer packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 168449

File Name: debian_DLA-3227.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/7/2022

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-32209

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-rails-html-sanitizer

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: 12/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-32209

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