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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Rails vulnerabilities (USN-7290-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 216763

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7290-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Rails did not correctly handle parsing block formats in email service layers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-47889)

 It was discovered that Rails did not correctly handle parsing block quotes in rich text content. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-47888)

 It was discovered that Rails did not correctly handle parsing HTTP token authentication headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-47887)

 It was discovered that Rails did not correctly handle parsing query parameters in web requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-41128)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7290-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 216763

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7290-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/25/2025

Updated: 2/25/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47889

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-actionmailbox, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-activerecord, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-actioncable, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-actionview, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-actionmailer, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-actiontext, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-activemodel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-activejob, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-rails, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-activestorage, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-railties, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-activesupport, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-actionpack, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rails

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41128, CVE-2024-47887, CVE-2024-47888, CVE-2024-47889

USN: 7290-1