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FreeBSD : Ruby -- unsafe tainted string vulnerability (3b50881d-1860-4721-aab1-503290e23f6c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87610

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Ruby developer reports :

There is an unsafe tainted string vulnerability in Fiddle and DL. This issue was originally reported and fixed with CVE-2009-5147 in DL, but reappeared after DL was reimplemented using Fiddle and libffi.

And, about DL, CVE-2009-5147 was fixed at Ruby 1.9.1, but not fixed at other branches, then rubies which bundled DL except Ruby 1.9.1 are still vulnerable.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e26bc585

http://www.nessus.org/u?1a66780a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87610

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3b50881d18604721aab1503290e23f6c.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 12/29/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/23/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7551