FreeBSD : rubygem-dragonfly -- arbitrary code execution (aa7764af-0b5e-4ddc-bc65-38ad697a484f)

high Nessus Plugin ID 64922

Synopsis

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

Description

Mark Evans reports :

Unfortnately there is a security vulnerability in Dragonfly when used with Rails which would potentially allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on a host machine using carefully crafted requests.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a78b4688

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 64922

File Name: freebsd_pkg_aa7764af0b5e4ddcbc6538ad697a484f.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 2/28/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rubygem18-dragonfly, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rubygem19-dragonfly, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rubygem20-dragonfly, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1756