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FreeBSD : rubygem-geminabox -- XSS vulnerabilities (27b38d85-c891-11e7-a7bd-cd1209e563f2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 104537

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Synopsis

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

Description

NVD reports :

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 'geminabox' (Gem in a Box) before 0.13.10 allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script via the 'homepage' value of a '.gemspec' file, related to views/gem.erb and views/index.erb.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b0ea889e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 104537

File Name: freebsd_pkg_27b38d85c89111e7a7bdcd1209e563f2.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Published: 11/14/2017

Updated: 11/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16792

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rubygem-geminabox

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16792