Debian DLA-1933-1 : ruby-nokogiri security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 129363

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A command injection vulnerability in Nokogiri allows commands to be executed in a subprocess by Ruby's `Kernel.open` method.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.3.1+ds-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby-nokogiri packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected ruby-nokogiri package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 129363

File Name: debian_DLA-1933.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/26/2019

Updated: 4/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5477

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:debian:debian_linux:ruby-nokogiri, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5477

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