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Rocky Linux 8 : ruby:2.6 (RLSA-2022:5338)

high Nessus Plugin ID 184652

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-2022:5338 advisory.

 - There is a buffer over-read in Ruby before 2.6.10, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, 3.x before 3.0.4, and 3.1.x before 3.1.2. It occurs in String-to-Float conversion, including Kernel#Float and String#to_f. (CVE-2022-28739)

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-2022:5338

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2075687

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2089374

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184652

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-5338.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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-28739

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:H/I:N/A:N

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-minitest, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-abrt, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mongo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bson-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-abrt-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-pg-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-json-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-irb, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-openssl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bigdecimal-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bson, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-test-unit, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-json, 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-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mysql2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-openssl, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bson-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-pg-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mysql2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-net-telnet, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-did_you_mean, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygems, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-psych-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mysql2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-pg-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bson-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-power_assert, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-io-console-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygems-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-28739