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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: ruby / rubygem-rexml (CVE-2024-41946)

high Nessus Plugin ID 207763

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-2024-41946 advisory.

 - REXML is an XML toolkit for Ruby. The REXML gem 3.3.2 has a DoS vulnerability when it parses an XML that has many entity expansions with SAX2 or pull parser API. The REXML gem 3.3.3 or later include the patch to fix the vulnerability. (CVE-2024-41946)

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-2024-41946

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 207763

File Name: mariner_CVE-2024-41946.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 9/25/2024

Updated: 10/15/2024

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

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: 9/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41946

IAVB: 2024-B-0105-S