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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Nokogiri vulnerabilities (USN-7659-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242573

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7659-1 advisory.

 It was discovered Nokogiri did not correctly parse XML Schemas. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-26247)

 Agustin Gianni discovered that Nokogiri did not correctly parse XML and HTML files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or leak sensitive information. (CVE-2022-29181)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected ruby-nokogiri package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7659-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242573

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7659-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/22/2025

Updated: 7/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29181

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-nokogiri, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/30/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26247, CVE-2022-29181, CVE-2022-40303

USN: 7659-1