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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: ruby / rubygem-rexml (CVE-2024-35176)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 201739

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of ruby / rubygem-rexml installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-35176 advisory.

 - REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem before 3.2.6 has a denial of service vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many `<`s in an attribute value. Those who need to parse untrusted XMLs May be impacted to this vulnerability. The REXML gem 3.2.7 or later include the patch to fix this vulnerability.
 As a workaround, don't parse untrusted XMLs. (CVE-2024-35176)

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35176

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 201739

File Name: mariner_CVE-2024-35176.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/3/2024

Updated: 7/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-35176

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:N/I:N/A:L

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:rubygems-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:rubygem-rexml, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:rubygems, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ruby, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ruby-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-35176