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Rocky Linux 8 : ruby:2.5 (RLSA-2019:1972)

high Nessus Plugin ID 184639

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2019:1972 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. A crafted gem with a multi-line name is not handled correctly. Therefore, an attacker could inject arbitrary code to the stub line of gemspec, which is eval-ed by code in ensure_loadable_spec during the preinstall check. (CVE-2019-8324)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2019:1972

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1692520

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184639

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2019-1972.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/6/2023

Updated: 11/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8324

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bundler, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-abrt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-pg-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mongo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bson-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-abrt-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bson, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mongo-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mysql2-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-pg, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mysql2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bson-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-pg-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mysql2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bundler-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mysql2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-pg-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bson-doc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8324