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AlmaLinux 8 : ruby:2.6 (ALSA-2021:2588)
high Nessus Plugin ID 179413
Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2021:2588 advisory.* rubygem-bundler: Insecure permissions on directory in /tmp/ allows for execution of malicious code (CVE-2019-3881)
* ruby: NUL injection vulnerability of File.fnmatch and File.fnmatch? (CVE-2019-15845)
* ruby: Regular expression denial of service vulnerability of WEBrick's Digest authentication (CVE-2019-16201)
* ruby: Code injection via command argument of Shell#test / Shell#[] (CVE-2019-16255)
* rubygem-json: Unsafe object creation vulnerability in JSON (CVE-2020-10663)
* ruby: BasicSocket#read_nonblock method leads to information disclosure (CVE-2020-10933)
* ruby: Potential HTTP request smuggling in WEBrick (CVE-2020-25613)
* ruby: XML round-trip vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2021-28965)
* ruby: HTTP response splitting in WEBrick (CVE-2019-16254)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 179413
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2021-2588.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 8/7/2023
Updated: 1/13/2025
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16255
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-mongo, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-test-unit, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-rake, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-abrt, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-mongo-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-did_you_mean, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-net-telnet, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-power_assert, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-bson, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-irb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-bson-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-bundler, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-pg, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-mysql2-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygems, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-openssl, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-pg-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-mysql2, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygems-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-abrt-doc
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-15845, CVE-2019-16201, CVE-2019-16254, CVE-2019-16255, CVE-2019-3881, CVE-2020-10663, CVE-2020-10933, CVE-2020-25613, CVE-2021-28965