Amazon Linux 2 : ruby, --advisory ALAS2-2025-2990 (ALAS-2025-2990)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALAS-2025-2990.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(261341);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/10/30");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-2338");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : ruby, --advisory ALAS2-2025-2990 (ALAS-2025-2990)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of ruby installed on the remote host is prior to 2.0.0.648-36. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability
as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2990 advisory.

    An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the Psych::Emitter start_document function of Ruby.
    In Psych::Emitter start_document function heap buffer head allocation is made based on tags array
    length. Specially constructed object passed as element of tags array can increase this array size after
    mentioned allocation and cause heap overflow. (CVE-2016-2338)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2-2025-2990.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2016-2338.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update ruby' or
  or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2025-2990' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-2338");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/06/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/09/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/09/04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-irb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ruby-tcltk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-bigdecimal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-io-console");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-json");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-minitest");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-psych");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-rake");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygem-rdoc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygems");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rubygems-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'ruby-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-debuginfo-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-debuginfo-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-debuginfo-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-devel-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-devel-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-devel-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-doc-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-irb-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-libs-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-libs-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-libs-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-tcltk-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-tcltk-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'ruby-tcltk-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygem-bigdecimal-1.2.0-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygem-bigdecimal-1.2.0-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygem-bigdecimal-1.2.0-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygem-io-console-0.4.2-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygem-io-console-0.4.2-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygem-io-console-0.4.2-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygem-json-1.7.7-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygem-json-1.7.7-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygem-json-1.7.7-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygem-minitest-4.3.2-36.amzn2.0.17', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygem-psych-2.0.0-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygem-psych-2.0.0-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygem-psych-2.0.0-36.amzn2.0.17', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygem-rake-0.9.6-36.amzn2.0.17', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygem-rdoc-4.0.0-36.amzn2.0.17', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygems-2.0.14.1-36.amzn2.0.17', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'rubygems-devel-2.0.14.1-36.amzn2.0.17', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var cves = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ruby / ruby-debuginfo / ruby-devel / etc");
}