Debian DSA-5389-1 : rails - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 174384

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5389 advisory.

- Possible XSS in SafeBuffer#bytesplice [fedora-all] (CVE-2023-28120)

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 rails packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 174384

File Name: debian_DSA-5389.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/15/2023

Updated: 4/15/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28120

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rails, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-actioncable, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-actionmailbox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-actionmailer, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-actionpack, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-actiontext, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-actionview, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-activejob, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-activemodel, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-activerecord, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-activestorage, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-activesupport, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-rails, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-railties, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-23913, CVE-2023-28120

Detections

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