RockyLinux 9 : ruby:3.3 (RLSA-2026:50828)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 341005

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:50828 advisory.

* zlib: zlib: Memory corruption via buffer overflow in Zlib::GzipReader (CVE-2026-27820)

* net-imap: Net::IMAP: Arbitrary IMAP command injection via CRLF sequences in unvalidated input (CVE-2026-42257)

* ruby/net-imap: ruby: Net::IMAP: Denial of Service via large iteration count in SCRAM authentication (CVE-2026-42256)

* net-imap: Net::IMAP: Command injection via non-synchronizing literals (CVE-2026-47240)

* net-imap: Net::IMAP: Arbitrary IMAP command injection due to improper input validation (CVE-2026-47242)

* net-imap: rubygem-net-imap: Net::IMAP: Denial of Service via malformed command input (CVE-2026-47241)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* ruby:3.3/ruby: Rebase to the latest Ruby 3.3 release [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-171335)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 341005

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-50828.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/27/2026

Updated: 8/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.97

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42257

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-27820

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-bundled-gems-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-bundled-gems, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-default-gems, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:ruby, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bigdecimal-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-bundler, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-io-console-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-io-console, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-irb, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-json-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-json, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-minitest, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mysql2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mysql2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mysql2-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-mysql2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-pg-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-pg-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-pg-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-pg, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-power_assert, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-psych-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-psych, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-racc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-racc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-rake, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-rbs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-rbs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-rexml, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-rss, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-test-unit, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygem-typeprof, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygems-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:rubygems

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-27820, CVE-2026-42256, CVE-2026-42257, CVE-2026-47240, CVE-2026-47241, CVE-2026-47242

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