Oracle Linux 6 : rubygems (ELSA-2013-1441)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70524

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2013:1441 :

An updated rubygems package that fixes three security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

RubyGems is the Ruby standard for publishing and managing third-party libraries.

It was found that RubyGems did not verify SSL connections. This could lead to man-in-the-middle attacks. (CVE-2012-2126)

It was found that, when using RubyGems, the connection could be redirected from HTTPS to HTTP. This could lead to a user believing they are installing a gem via HTTPS, when the connection may have been silently downgraded to HTTP. (CVE-2012-2125)

It was discovered that the rubygems API validated version strings using an unsafe regular expression. An application making use of this API to process a version string from an untrusted source could be vulnerable to a denial of service attack through CPU exhaustion.
(CVE-2013-4287)

Red Hat would like to thank Rubygems upstream for reporting CVE-2013-4287. Upstream acknowledges Damir Sharipov as the original reporter.

All rubygems users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected rubygems package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70524

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-1441.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/20/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygems, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2125, CVE-2012-2126, CVE-2013-4287

BID: 53174, 55680, 62281, 62442

RHSA: 2013:1441

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