Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: ruby / ruby-bundled-gems / ruby-bundled-gems-debuginfo / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2024_3670)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 355611

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2024_3670 advisory.

* ruby: Buffer overread vulnerability in StringIO (CVE-2024-27280)

* ruby: RCE vulnerability with .rdoc_options in RDoc (CVE-2024-27281)

* ruby: Arbitrary memory address read vulnerability with Regex search (CVE-2024-27282)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2024_3670.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3670

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270749

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270750

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276810

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2024:3670

http://www.nessus.org/u?47c61b91

http://www.nessus.org/u?5733890c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 355611

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_3670.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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: 57.83

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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-2024-27280

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: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27280, CVE-2024-27281, CVE-2024-27282