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Debian DLA-2007-1 : ruby2.1 security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 131292

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Several flaws have been found in ruby2.1, an interpreter of an object-oriented scripting language.

CVE-2019-15845 Path matching might pass in File.fnmatch and File.fnmatch? due to a NUL character injection.

CVE-2019-16201 A loop caused by a wrong regular expression could lead to a denial of service of a WEBrick service.

CVE-2019-16254 This is the same issue as CVE-2017-17742, whose fix was not complete.

CVE-2019-16255 Giving untrusted data to the first argument of Shell#[] and Shell#test might lead to a code injection vulnerability.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.5-2+deb8u8.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby2.1 packages.

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Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00025.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/ruby2.1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131292

File Name: debian_DLA-2007.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/26/2019

Updated: 4/9/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16255

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libruby2.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby2.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby2.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby2.1-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby2.1-tcltk, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15845, CVE-2019-16201, CVE-2019-16254, CVE-2019-16255