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Debian DSA-2887-1 : ruby-actionmailer-3.2 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73238

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Aaron Neyer discovered that missing input sanitising in the logging component of Ruby Actionmailer could result in denial of service through a malformed e-mail message.

Solution

Upgrade the ruby-actionmailer-3.2 packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.6-2+deb7u1. ruby-activesupport-3.2 was updated in a related change to version 3.2.6-6+deb7u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/ruby-actionmailer-3.2

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2887

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73238

File Name: debian_DSA-2887.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/28/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-actionmailer-3.2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4389

BID: 63179

DSA: 2887