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RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-ruby23-ruby (RHSA-2019:1151)
high Nessus Plugin ID 194138
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for rh-ruby23-ruby.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:1151 advisory.- rubygems: Installing a malicious gem may lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2019-8324)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL rh-ruby23-ruby package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:1151.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1692520
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 194138
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-1151.nasl
Version: 1.0
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/28/2024
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-8324
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-ruby, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-ruby-tcltk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-rubygem-did_you_mean, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-rubygem-net-telnet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-rubygem-power_assert, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-rubygem-test-unit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-rubygems, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-ruby23-rubygems-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-8324