RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-ror42-rubygem-sprockets (RHSA-2018:2244)

high Nessus Plugin ID 210326

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for rh-ror42-rubygem-sprockets.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2244 advisory.

Sprockets is a Ruby library for compiling and serving web assets. It features declarative dependency management for JavaScript and CSS assets, as well as a powerful preprocessor pipeline that allows to write assets in languages like CoffeeScript, Sass and SCSS.

Security Fix(es):

* rubygem-sprockets: Path traversal in forbidden_request?() can allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files (CVE-2018-3760)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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

Update the RHEL rh-ror42-rubygem-sprockets package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2244.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 210326

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2244.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/5/2024

Updated: 11/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-3760

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ror42-rubygem-sprockets-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ror42-rubygem-sprockets, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-3760

CWE: 22

RHSA: 2018:2244

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