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Ubuntu 23.10 : Rack vulnerabilities (USN-6689-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 191925

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 23.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6689-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Rack incorrectly parse some headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-27539, CVE-2024-26141, CVE-2024-26146)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 ruby-rack package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6689-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 191925

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6689-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/12/2024

Updated: 1/10/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-26141

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27539

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-rack

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27539, CVE-2024-26141, CVE-2024-26146

USN: 6689-1