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FreeBSD : Ruby -- XSS exploit of RDoc documentation generated by rdoc (d3e96508-056b-4259-88ad-50dc8d1978a6)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64646

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Synopsis

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

Description

Ruby developers report :

RDoc documentation generated by rdoc bundled with ruby are vulnerable to an XSS exploit. All ruby users are recommended to update ruby to newer version which includes security-fixed RDoc. If you are publishing RDoc documentation generated by rdoc, you are recommended to apply a patch for the documentaion or re-generate it with security-fixed RDoc.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8915b9f0

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64646

File Name: freebsd_pkg_d3e96508056b425988ad50dc8d1978a6.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 2/17/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ruby, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rubygem18-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rubygem19-rdoc, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0256