Debian dla-3866 : ruby-tzinfo - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 206451

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3866 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3866-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk September 03, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : ruby-tzinfo Version : 1.2.6-1+deb11u1 CVE ID : CVE-2022-31163

Path traversal that allowed TZInfo::Timezone.get to load arbitrary files has been fixed in ruby-tzinfo, a Ruby library for working with time zone information.

For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.6-1+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby-tzinfo packages.

For the detailed security status of ruby-tzinfo please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/ruby-tzinfo

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the ruby-tzinfo packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ruby-tzinfo

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-31163

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/ruby-tzinfo

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206451

File Name: debian_DLA-3866.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/3/2024

Updated: 9/3/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31163

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-tzinfo, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-31163