FreeBSD : ruby -- Arbitrary memory address read vulnerability with Regex search (2ce1a2f1-0177-11ef-a45e-08002784c58d)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 193817

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 2ce1a2f1-0177-11ef-a45e-08002784c58d advisory.

- sp2ip reports: If attacker-supplied data is provided to the Ruby regex compiler, it is possible to extract arbitrary heap data relative to the start of the text, including pointers and sensitive strings. (CVE-2024-27282)

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?be4ced11

http://www.nessus.org/u?0af2e804

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 193817

File Name: freebsd_pkg_2ce1a2f1017711efa45e08002784c58d.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 4/24/2024

Updated: 11/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-27282

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby31, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby33, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby32

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27282