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Amazon Linux 2 : ruby (ALASRUBY3.0-2023-003)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 181933
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of ruby installed on the remote host is prior to 3.0.3-154. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2RUBY3.0-2023-003 advisory.CGI.escape_html in Ruby before 2.7.5 and 3.x before 3.0.3 has an integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow via a long string on platforms (such as Windows) where size_t and long have different numbers of bytes. This also affects the CGI gem before 0.3.1 for Ruby. (CVE-2021-41816)
A flaw was found in ruby, where the date object was found to be vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) during the parsing of dates. This flaw allows an attacker to hang a ruby application by providing a specially crafted date string. The highest threat to this vulnerability is system availability. (CVE-2021-41817)
CGI::Cookie.parse in Ruby through 2.6.8 mishandles security prefixes in cookie names. This also affects the CGI gem through 0.3.0 for Ruby. (CVE-2021-41819)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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
Run 'yum update ruby' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASRUBY3.0-2023-003.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-41816.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-41817.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 181933
File Name: al2_ALASRUBY3_0-2023-003.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 9/27/2023
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: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41816
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-rss, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-irb, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-test-unit, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygems, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygems-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-default-gems, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-typeprof, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-power_assert, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-bundler, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-rexml, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-rbs
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: 8/21/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/1/2022