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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Ruby vulnerability (USN-2412-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 79382

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2412-1 advisory.

 Tomas Hoger discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled XML entity expansion. An attacker could use this flaw to cause Ruby to consume large amounts of resources, resulting in a denial of service.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2412-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79382

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2412-1.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2014

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8090

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby1.9.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby2.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby1.9.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby1.9.1-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby1.9.1-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ri1.9.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby2.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby1.9.1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby2.0-tcltk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby2.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby1.9.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtcltk-ruby1.9.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8090

USN: 2412-1