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Amazon Linux 2 : ruby (ALASRUBY2.6-2023-006)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182039

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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 2.6.7-126. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2RUBY2.6-2023-006 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in Ruby through 2.5.8, 2.6.x through 2.6.6, and 2.7.x through 2.7.1. WEBrick, a simple HTTP server bundled with Ruby, had not checked the transfer-encoding header value rigorously. An attacker may potentially exploit this issue to bypass a reverse proxy (which also has a poor header check), which may lead to an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. (CVE-2020-25613)

 - The REXML gem before 3.2.5 in Ruby before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, and 3.x before 3.0.1 does not properly address XML round-trip issues. An incorrect document can be produced after parsing and serializing. (CVE-2021-28965)

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/ALASRUBY2.6-2023-006.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-25613.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-28965.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182039

File Name: al2_ALASRUBY2_6-2023-006.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/27/2023

Updated: 9/27/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28965

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-net-telnet, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-openssl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-power_assert, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-test-unit, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygems, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygems-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-bundler, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-did_you_mean, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-irb, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-minitest

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25613, CVE-2021-28965