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openSUSE Security Update : rubygem-puppet (openSUSE-2017-835)

high Nessus Plugin ID 101969

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for rubygem-puppet fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2017-2295: A remote attacker could have forced unsafe YAML deserialization which could have led to code execution (bsc#1040151)

Solution

Update the affected rubygem-puppet packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1040151

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101969

File Name: openSUSE-2017-835.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/26/2017

Updated: 12/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-2295

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rubygem-puppet-vim, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.4-rubygem-puppet, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.2-rubygem-puppet, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rubygem-puppet, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.1-rubygem-puppet, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.2-rubygem-puppet-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.3-rubygem-puppet, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rubygem-puppet-emacs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rubygem-puppet-master-unicorn, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.3-rubygem-puppet-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rubygem-puppet-master, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.1-rubygem-puppet-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.4-rubygem-puppet-testsuite

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2295