Debian DSA-2888-1 : ruby-actionpack-3.2 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73239

Synopsis

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

Description

Toby Hsieh, Peter McLarnan, Ankit Gupta, Sudhir Rao and Kevin Reintjes discovered multiple cross-site scripting and denial of service vulnerabilities in Ruby Actionpack.

Solution

Upgrade the ruby-actionpack-3.2 packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.6-6+deb7u1.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73239

File Name: debian_DSA-2888.nasl

Version: 1.7

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: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4389, CVE-2013-4491, CVE-2013-6414, CVE-2013-6415, CVE-2013-6417

BID: 63179, 64074, 64076, 64077, 64106

DSA: 2888