CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
46.7%
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202401-14 (RedCloth: ReDoS Vulnerability)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# @NOAGENT@
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202401-14.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(187861);
script_version("1.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/10");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-31606");
script_name(english:"GLSA-202401-14 : RedCloth: ReDoS Vulnerability");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202401-14 (RedCloth: ReDoS Vulnerability)
- A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) issue was discovered in the sanitize_html function of
redcloth gem v4.0.0. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying
a crafted payload. (CVE-2023-31606)
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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=908035");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"All RedCloth users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-ruby/redcloth-4.3.2-r5");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N/I:N/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-2023-31606");
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:"2023/06/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/01/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/01/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:redcloth");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
exit(0);
}
include('qpkg.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/Gentoo/release')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Gentoo');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var flag = 0;
var packages = [
{
'name' : 'dev-ruby/redcloth',
'unaffected' : make_list("ge 4.3.2-r5"),
'vulnerable' : make_list("lt 4.3.2-r5")
}
];
foreach var package( packages ) {
if (isnull(package['unaffected'])) package['unaffected'] = make_list();
if (isnull(package['vulnerable'])) package['vulnerable'] = make_list();
if (qpkg_check(package: package['name'] , unaffected: package['unaffected'], vulnerable: package['vulnerable'])) flag++;
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : qpkg_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
qpkg_tests = list_uniq(qpkg_tests);
var tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'RedCloth');
}
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
46.7%