Debian dla-3901 : ruby-loofah - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 207898

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3901 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3901-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk September 28, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : ruby-loofah Version : 2.7.0+dfsg-1+deb11u1 CVE ID : CVE-2022-23514 CVE-2022-23515 CVE-2022-23516 Debian Bug : 1026083

Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in ruby-loofah, a Ruby library for manipulating and transforming HTML/XML documents and fragments.

CVE-2022-23514

slow regex attribute check with crass parser

CVE-2022-23515

XSS with image/svg+xml in data URIs

CVE-2022-23516

Uncontrolled CDATA recursion

For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 2.7.0+dfsg-1+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby-loofah packages.

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

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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the ruby-loofah packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 207898

File Name: debian_DLA-3901.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/28/2024

Updated: 9/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23515

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23514, CVE-2022-23515, CVE-2022-23516

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