Debian DSA-2929-1 : ruby-actionpack-3.2 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74043

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Action Pack, a component of Ruby on Rails.

- CVE-2014-0081 actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/number_helper.rb contains multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

- CVE-2014-0082 actionpack/lib/action_view/template/text.rb performs symbol interning on MIME type strings, allowing remote denial-of-service attacks via increased memory consumption.

- CVE-2014-0130 A directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Solution

Upgrade the ruby-actionpack-3.2 packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.6-6+deb7u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74043

File Name: debian_DSA-2929.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/19/2014

Updated: 6/18/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0130

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2014

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0081, CVE-2014-0082, CVE-2014-0130

BID: 65604, 65647, 67244

DSA: 2929

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