Debian DSA-5389-1 : rails - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 174384

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5389 advisory.

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in rails, the Ruby based server-side MVC web application framework, which could lead to XSS and DOM based cross-site scripting (CRS). This update also fixes a regression introduced in previous update that may block certain access for applications using development environment. For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u2. We recommend that you upgrade your rails packages. For the detailed security status of rails please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security- tracker.debian.org/tracker/rails

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the rails packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 174384

File Name: debian_DSA-5389.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/15/2023

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28120

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-23913

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-rails, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-actiontext, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-activerecord, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-activestorage, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-actionmailer, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-railties, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-actionmailbox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-activemodel, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-activejob, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-activesupport, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-actionpack, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rails, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-actioncable, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-actionview

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-23913, CVE-2023-28120

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