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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-9096

medium Nessus Plugin ID 219125

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - Net::SMTP in Ruby before 2.4.0 is vulnerable to SMTP command injection via CRLF sequences in a RCPT TO or MAIL FROM command, as demonstrated by CRLF sequences immediately before and after a DATA substring.
 (CVE-2015-9096)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-9096

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 219125

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2015_9096.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/5/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-9096

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-rdoc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-ri, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygems-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-tcltk, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-ri, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygems, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygems, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-bigdecimal, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rubygems-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-irb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ruby-tcltk

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-9096