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FreeBSD : rubygem-bson -- DoS and possible injection (f5225b23-192d-11e5-a1cf-002590263bf5)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 84329

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Synopsis

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

Description

Phill MV reports :

By submitting a specially crafted string to a service relying on the bson rubygem, an attacker may trigger denials of service or even inject data into victim's MongoDB instances.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/06/1

https://sakurity.com/blog/2015/06/04/mongo_ruby_regexp.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?ff5b79e7

http://www.nessus.org/u?4eac251b

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 84329

File Name: freebsd_pkg_f5225b23192d11e5a1cf002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Published: 6/23/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rubygem-bson, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4412