Debian DSA-4433-1 : ruby2.3 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 124096

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Rubygems included in the interpreter for the Ruby language, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the ruby2.3 packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.3.3-1+deb9u6.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ruby2.3

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/ruby2.3

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4433

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 124096

File Name: debian_DSA-4433.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/17/2019

Updated: 1/23/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8320

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby2.3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8320, CVE-2019-8321, CVE-2019-8322, CVE-2019-8323, CVE-2019-8324, CVE-2019-8325

DSA: 4433