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AlmaLinux 8 : ruby:3.3 (ALSA-2024:6784)

high Nessus Plugin ID 207533

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:6784 advisory.

 * rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-39908)
 * rexml: rubygem-rexml: DoS when parsing an XML having many specific characters such as whitespace character, >] and ]> (CVE-2024-41123)
 * rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-41946)
 * rexml: DoS vulnerability in REXML (CVE-2024-43398)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-6784.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 207533

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-6784.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/20/2024

Updated: 9/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2024-41946

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-test-unit, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-rake, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-rbs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-abrt, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ruby-bundled-gems, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-typeprof, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-power_assert, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-irb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-bundler, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-rss, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-pg, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-mysql2-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygems, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-pg-doc, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-racc, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ruby-default-gems, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-mysql2, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-rexml, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygems-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:rubygem-abrt-doc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-39908, CVE-2024-41123, CVE-2024-41946, CVE-2024-43398

CWE: 400, 776