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Amazon Linux AMI : rubygem-nokogiri (ALAS-2022-1648)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168617

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2022-1648 advisory.

 A flaw was found in the rubygem-nokogiri package. This flaw allows malicious users to change partial contents or configurations on the system. Additionally, this vulnerability can also cause a limited denial of service in the form of interruptions in resource availability. (CVE-2022-29181)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update rubygem-nokogiri' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2022-1648.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-29181.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168617

File Name: ala_ALAS-2022-1648.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/10/2022

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29181

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-nokogiri-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem21-nokogiri, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem21-nokogiri-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem22-nokogiri-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem22-nokogiri, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem20-nokogiri-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem20-nokogiri

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29181