6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
73.2%
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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.72614");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-4522");
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:"2012-11-26 12:47:33 -0500 (Mon, 26 Nov 2012)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_name("FreeBSD Ports: ruby");
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: ruby
CVE-2012-4522
The rb_get_path_check function in file.c in Ruby 1.9.3 before
patchlevel 286 and Ruby 2.0.0 before r37163 allows context-dependent
attackers to create files in unexpected locations or with unexpected
names via a NUL byte in a file path.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2012/10/12/poisoned-NUL-byte-vulnerability/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4522/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/3decc87d-2498-11e2-b0c7-000d601460a4.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:"ruby");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"1.9.3,1")>0 && revcomp(a:bver, b:"1.9.3.286,1")<0) {
txt += "Package ruby 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);
}