Oracle Linux 8 : ruby:2.5 (ELSA-2019-1972)

high Nessus Plugin ID 127610

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2019:1972 :

An update for the ruby:2.5 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has features to process text files and to perform system management tasks.

Security Fix(es) :

* rubygems: Installing a malicious gem may lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2019-8324)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected ruby:2.5 packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2019-August/009013.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 127610

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-1972.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 1/6/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-abrt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-abrt-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-bson, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-bson-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-bundler, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-bundler-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-did_you_mean, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-mongo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-mongo-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-mysql2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-mysql2-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-net-telnet, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-openssl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-pg, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-pg-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-power_assert, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-test-unit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygem-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygems, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:rubygems-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8324

RHSA: 2019:1972