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Fedora 24 : 1:rubygem-actionpack / 1:rubygem-activerecord (2016-b4919ffe56)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93207

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Synopsis

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

Description

- Fix for CVE-2016-6317 (rhbz#1366479)

 - Fix argument error for instance_exec for Ruby 2.3 compatibility (Only rubygem-activerecord f24)

 - Improve tests not to accept the failures (Only rubygem-activerecord)

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Solution

Update the affected 1:rubygem-actionpack and / or 1:rubygem-activerecord packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-b4919ffe56

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93207

File Name: fedora_2016-b4919ffe56.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/30/2016

Updated: 1/27/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6317

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:1:rubygem-actionpack, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:1:rubygem-activerecord, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6317