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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS : Ruby vulnerabilities (USN-6838-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200668

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6838-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Ruby RDoc incorrectly parsed certain YAML files. If a user or automated system were tricked into parsing a specially crafted .rdoc_options file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-27281)

 It was discovered that the Ruby regex compiler incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive memory contents. (CVE-2024-27282)

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6838-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200668

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6838-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/17/2024

Updated: 11/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby3.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby3.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby3.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby3.2-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby3.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby2.7-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby3.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby3.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby2.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby3.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby2.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby3.0-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27281, CVE-2024-27282

USN: 6838-1