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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : rubygem-activesupport-5_1 (SUSE-SU-2023:0275-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171059

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0275-1 advisory.

 - A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Active Support <6.1.7.1 and <7.0.4.1. A specially crafted string passed to the underscore method can cause the regular expression engine to enter a state of catastrophic backtracking. This can cause the process to use large amounts of CPU and memory, leading to a possible DoS vulnerability. (CVE-2023-22796)

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

Solution

Update the affected ruby2.5-rubygem-activesupport-5_1 and / or ruby2.5-rubygem-activesupport-doc-5_1 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207454

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-22796

http://www.nessus.org/u?0ca15403

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171059

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0275-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/7/2023

Updated: 7/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22796

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ruby2.5-rubygem-activesupport-5_1, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22796

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0275-1