Oracle Linux 7 : ruby (ELSA-2019-2028)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180804

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-2028 advisory.

- Introduce 'Gem::UserInteraction#verbose' method as precondition to fix CVE-2019-8321.
* rubygems-2.3.0-refactor-checking-really_verbose.patch
- Fix escape sequence injection vulnerability in gem owner.
Resolves: CVE-2019-8322
- Fix escape sequence injection vulnerability in API response handling.
Resolves: CVE-2019-8323
- Prohibit arbitrary code execution when installing a malicious gem.
Resolves: CVE-2019-8324

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180804

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-2028.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8780

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000076

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygems, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-tcltk, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-minitest, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygems-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17742, CVE-2018-1000073, CVE-2018-1000074, CVE-2018-1000075, CVE-2018-1000076, CVE-2018-1000077, CVE-2018-1000078, CVE-2018-1000079, CVE-2018-16396, CVE-2018-6914, CVE-2018-8777, CVE-2018-8778, CVE-2018-8779, CVE-2018-8780

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