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HistorySep 06, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian DSA-3966-1 : ruby2.3 - security update

2017-09-0600:00:00
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Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the interpreter for the Ruby language :

  • CVE-2015-9096 SMTP command injection in Net::SMTP.

  • CVE-2016-7798 Incorrect handling of initialization vector in the GCM mode in the OpenSSL extension.

  • CVE-2017-0900 Denial of service in the RubyGems client.

  • CVE-2017-0901 Potential file overwrite in the RubyGems client.

  • CVE-2017-0902 DNS hijacking in the RubyGems client.

  • CVE-2017-14064 Heap memory disclosure in the JSON library.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3966. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(102964);
  script_version("3.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-9096", "CVE-2016-7798", "CVE-2017-0899", "CVE-2017-0900", "CVE-2017-0901", "CVE-2017-0902", "CVE-2017-14064");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3966");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3966-1 : ruby2.3 - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the interpreter for the
Ruby language :

  - CVE-2015-9096
    SMTP command injection in Net::SMTP.

  - CVE-2016-7798
    Incorrect handling of initialization vector in the GCM
    mode in the OpenSSL extension.

  - CVE-2017-0900
    Denial of service in the RubyGems client.

  - CVE-2017-0901
    Potential file overwrite in the RubyGems client.

  - CVE-2017-0902
    DNS hijacking in the RubyGems client.

  - CVE-2017-14064
    Heap memory disclosure in the JSON library."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-9096"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7798"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0900"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0901"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0902"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14064"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0899"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/ruby2.3"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the ruby2.3 packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.3.3-1+deb9u1. This update also hardens RubyGems against
malicious terminal escape sequences (CVE-2017-0899 )."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  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:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby2.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/09/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/09/06");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libruby2.3", reference:"2.3.3-1+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"ruby2.3", reference:"2.3.3-1+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"ruby2.3-dev", reference:"2.3.3-1+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"ruby2.3-doc", reference:"2.3.3-1+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"ruby2.3-tcltk", reference:"2.3.3-1+deb9u1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxruby2.3p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby2.3
debiandebian_linux9.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0