FreeBSD : RDoc -- multiple jQuery vulnerabilities (ed8d5535-ca78-11e9-980b-999ff59c22ea)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 128404

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Synopsis

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

Description

Ruby news :

There are multiple vulnerabilities about Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in jQuery shipped with RDoc which bundled in Ruby. All Ruby users are recommended to update Ruby to the latest release which includes the fixed version of RDoc.

The following vulnerabilities have been reported.

CVE-2012-6708

CVE-2015-9251

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 128404

File Name: freebsd_pkg_ed8d5535ca7811e9980b999ff59c22ea.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2019

Updated: 3/29/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6708, CVE-2015-9251

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