Amazon Linux AMI : ruby19 (ALAS-2014-447)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79296

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

The upstream patch for CVE-2014-8080 introduced checks against the REXML.entity_expansion_text_limit, but did not add restrictions to limit the number of expansions performed, i.e. checks against the REXML::Document.entity_expansion_limit. As a consequence, even with the patch applied, a small XML document could cause REXML to use an excessive amount of CPU time. High memory usage can be achieved using larger inputs.

Solution

Run 'yum update ruby19' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-447.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79296

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-447.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/18/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby19, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby19-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby19-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby19-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby19-irb, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby19-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem19-bigdecimal, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem19-io-console, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem19-json, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem19-minitest, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem19-rake, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem19-rdoc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygems19, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygems19-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8090

ALAS: 2014-447