6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.009 Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.8%
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71516");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-3424");
script_version("2023-07-26T05:05:09+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-26 05:05:09 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-08-10 03:22:17 -0400 (Fri, 10 Aug 2012)");
script_name("FreeBSD Ports: rubygem-actionpack");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/freebsd", "ssh/login/freebsdrel");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following package is affected: rubygem-actionpack
CVE-2012-3424
The decode_credentials method in
actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb in Ruby
on Rails 3.x before 3.0.16, 3.1.x before 3.1.7, and 3.2.x before 3.2.7
converts Digest Authentication strings to symbols, which allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service by leveraging access to an
application that uses a with_http_digest helper method, as
demonstrated by the authenticate_or_request_with_http_digest method.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/rubyonrails-security/vxJjrc15qYM");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/ae2fa87c-4bca-4138-8be1-67ce2a19b3a8.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-bsd.inc");
vuln = FALSE;
txt = "";
bver = portver(pkg:"rubygem-actionpack");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"3.2.7")<0) {
txt += "Package rubygem-actionpack version " + bver + " is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n";
vuln = TRUE;
}
if(vuln) {
security_message(data:txt);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}