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Slackware Linux 15.0 / current ruby Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2023-090-01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 173764

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Synopsis

The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to ruby.

Description

The version of ruby installed on the remote host is prior to 3.0.6 / 3.2.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2023-090-01 advisory.

 - A ReDoS issue was discovered in the URI component through 0.12.0 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The URI parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing strings to URI objects. The fixed versions are 0.12.1, 0.11.1, 0.10.2 and 0.10.0.1. (CVE-2023-28755)

 - A ReDoS issue was discovered in the Time component through 0.2.1 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The Time parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing strings to Time objects. The fixed versions are 0.1.1 and 0.2.2. (CVE-2023-28756)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the affected ruby package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 173764

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2023-090-01.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 4/2/2023

Updated: 5/31/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28756

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:ruby, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28755, CVE-2023-28756