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Amazon Linux 2 : ruby (ALASRUBY2.6-2023-004)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182033

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of ruby installed on the remote host is prior to 2.6.8-127. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2RUBY2.6-2023-004 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in Ruby through 2.6.7, 2.7.x through 2.7.3, and 3.x through 3.0.1. A malicious FTP server can use the PASV response to trick Net::FTP into connecting back to a given IP address and port.
 This potentially makes curl extract information about services that are otherwise private and not disclosed (e.g., the attacker can conduct port scans and service banner extractions). (CVE-2021-31810)

 - An issue was discovered in Ruby through 2.6.7, 2.7.x through 2.7.3, and 3.x through 3.0.1. Net::IMAP does not raise an exception when StartTLS fails with an an unknown response, which might allow man-in-the- middle attackers to bypass the TLS protections by leveraging a network position between the client and the registry to block the StartTLS command, aka a StartTLS stripping attack. (CVE-2021-32066)

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

Solution

Run 'yum update ruby' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASRUBY2.6-2023-004.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-31810.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-32066.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182033

File Name: al2_ALASRUBY2_6-2023-004.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/27/2023

Updated: 9/28/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-32066

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-bundler, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-did_you_mean, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-irb, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-net-telnet, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-openssl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-power_assert, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-test-unit, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygems, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygems-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31810, CVE-2021-32066