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RHEL 6 : ruby (Unpatched Vulnerability)

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14
rhel 6
unpatched vulnerabilities
ruby
command injection
code execution
encryption bypass
directory traversal
denial of service
information disclosure

EPSS

0.895

Percentile

98.8%

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  • ruby: Command injection vulnerability in Net::FTP (CVE-2017-17405)

  • ruby: OpenSSL::X509::Name equality check does not work correctly (CVE-2018-16395)

  • Type confusion exists in _cancel_eval Ruby’s TclTkIp class method. Attacker passing different type of object than String as retval argument can cause arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2016-2337)

  • 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)

  • The openssl gem for Ruby uses the same initialization vector (IV) in GCM Mode (aes-*-gcm) when the IV is set before the key, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to bypass the encryption protection mechanism. (CVE-2016-7798)

  • The Basic authentication code in WEBrick library in Ruby before 2.2.8, 2.3.x before 2.3.5, and 2.4.x through 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to inject terminal emulator escape sequences into its log and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a crafted user name. (CVE-2017-10784)

  • Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1 allows an HTTP Response Splitting attack. An attacker can inject a crafted key and value into an HTTP response for the HTTP server of WEBrick. (CVE-2017-17742)

  • The lazy_initialize function in lib/resolv.rb in Ruby through 2.4.3 uses Kernel#open, which might allow Command Injection attacks, as demonstrated by a Resolv::Hosts::new argument beginning with a ‘|’ character, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-17405. NOTE: situations with untrusted input may be highly unlikely. (CVE-2017-17790)

  • An issue was discovered in Ruby before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, and 2.6.x before 2.6.0-preview3. It does not taint strings that result from unpacking tainted strings with some formats.
    (CVE-2018-16396)

  • Directory traversal vulnerability in the Dir.mktmpdir method in the tmpdir library in Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1 might allow attackers to create arbitrary directories or files via a … (dot dot) in the prefix argument. (CVE-2018-6914)

  • In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, an attacker can pass a large HTTP request with a crafted header to WEBrick server or a crafted body to WEBrick server/handler and cause a denial of service (memory consumption). (CVE-2018-8777)

  • In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, an attacker controlling the unpacking format (similar to format string vulnerabilities) can trigger a buffer under-read in the String#unpack method, resulting in a massive and controlled information disclosure.
    (CVE-2018-8778)

  • In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, the Dir.open, Dir.new, Dir.entries and Dir.empty? methods do not check NULL characters. When using the corresponding method, unintentional directory traversal may be performed. (CVE-2018-8780)

  • Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 mishandles path checking within File.fnmatch functions. (CVE-2019-15845)

  • WEBrick::HTTPAuth::DigestAuth in Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 has a regular expression Denial of Service cause by looping/backtracking. A victim must expose a WEBrick server that uses DigestAuth to the Internet or a untrusted network. (CVE-2019-16201)

  • Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 allows HTTP Response Splitting. If a program using WEBrick inserts untrusted input into the response header, an attacker can exploit it to insert a newline character to split a header, and inject malicious content to deceive clients. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-17742, which addressed the CRLF vector, but did not address an isolated CR or an isolated LF. (CVE-2019-16254)

  • Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 allows code injection if the first argument (aka the command argument) to Shell#[] or Shell#test in lib/shell.rb is untrusted data. An attacker can exploit this to call an arbitrary Ruby method. (CVE-2019-16255)

  • An issue was discovered in Ruby through 2.5.8, 2.6.x through 2.6.6, and 2.7.x through 2.7.1. WEBrick, a simple HTTP server bundled with Ruby, had not checked the transfer-encoding header value rigorously. An attacker may potentially exploit this issue to bypass a reverse proxy (which also has a poor header check), which may lead to an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. (CVE-2020-25613)

  • The REXML gem before 3.2.5 in Ruby before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, and 3.x before 3.0.1 does not properly address XML round-trip issues. An incorrect document can be produced after parsing and serializing. (CVE-2021-28965)

  • An issue was discovered in Ruby through 2.6.7, 2.7.x through 2.7.3, and 3.x through 3.0.1. A malicious FTP server can use the PASV response to trick Net::FTP into connecting back to a given IP address and port.
    This potentially makes curl extract information about services that are otherwise private and not disclosed (e.g., the attacker can conduct port scans and service banner extractions). (CVE-2021-31810)

  • Date.parse in the date gem through 3.2.0 for Ruby allows ReDoS (regular expression Denial of Service) via a long string. The fixed versions are 3.2.1, 3.1.2, 3.0.2, and 2.0.1. (CVE-2021-41817)

  • CGI::Cookie.parse in Ruby through 2.6.8 mishandles security prefixes in cookie names. This also affects the CGI gem through 0.3.0 for Ruby. (CVE-2021-41819)

  • There is a buffer over-read in Ruby before 2.6.10, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, 3.x before 3.0.4, and 3.1.x before 3.1.2. It occurs in String-to-Float conversion, including Kernel#Float and String#to_f. (CVE-2022-28739)

  • A ReDoS issue was discovered in the URI component through 0.12.0 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The URI parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing strings to URI objects. The fixed versions are 0.12.1, 0.11.1, 0.10.2 and 0.10.0.1. (CVE-2023-28755)

  • A ReDoS issue was discovered in the Time component through 0.2.1 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The Time parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing strings to Time objects. The fixed versions are 0.1.1 and 0.2.2. (CVE-2023-28756)

  • ruby: Buffer overread vulnerability in StringIO (CVE-2024-27280)

  • ruby: RCE vulnerability with .rdoc_options in RDoc (CVE-2024-27281)

  • ruby: Arbitrary memory address read vulnerability with Regex search (CVE-2024-27282)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager’s report that the package is installed.

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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
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vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - ruby: Command injection vulnerability in Net::FTP (CVE-2017-17405)

  - ruby: OpenSSL::X509::Name equality check does not work correctly (CVE-2018-16395)

  - Type confusion exists in _cancel_eval Ruby's TclTkIp class method. Attacker passing different type of
    object than String as retval argument can cause arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2016-2337)

  - 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)

  - The openssl gem for Ruby uses the same initialization vector (IV) in GCM Mode (aes-*-gcm) when the IV is
    set before the key, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to bypass the encryption
    protection mechanism. (CVE-2016-7798)

  - The Basic authentication code in WEBrick library in Ruby before 2.2.8, 2.3.x before 2.3.5, and 2.4.x
    through 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to inject terminal emulator escape sequences into its log and
    possibly execute arbitrary commands via a crafted user name. (CVE-2017-10784)

  - Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1 allows
    an HTTP Response Splitting attack. An attacker can inject a crafted key and value into an HTTP response
    for the HTTP server of WEBrick. (CVE-2017-17742)

  - The lazy_initialize function in lib/resolv.rb in Ruby through 2.4.3 uses Kernel#open, which might allow
    Command Injection attacks, as demonstrated by a Resolv::Hosts::new argument beginning with a '|'
    character, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-17405. NOTE: situations with untrusted input may be
    highly unlikely. (CVE-2017-17790)

  - An issue was discovered in Ruby before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, and 2.6.x before
    2.6.0-preview3. It does not taint strings that result from unpacking tainted strings with some formats.
    (CVE-2018-16396)

  - Directory traversal vulnerability in the Dir.mktmpdir method in the tmpdir library in Ruby before 2.2.10,
    2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1 might allow attackers to
    create arbitrary directories or files via a .. (dot dot) in the prefix argument. (CVE-2018-6914)

  - In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, an
    attacker can pass a large HTTP request with a crafted header to WEBrick server or a crafted body to
    WEBrick server/handler and cause a denial of service (memory consumption). (CVE-2018-8777)

  - In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, an
    attacker controlling the unpacking format (similar to format string vulnerabilities) can trigger a buffer
    under-read in the String#unpack method, resulting in a massive and controlled information disclosure.
    (CVE-2018-8778)

  - In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, the
    Dir.open, Dir.new, Dir.entries and Dir.empty? methods do not check NULL characters. When using the
    corresponding method, unintentional directory traversal may be performed. (CVE-2018-8780)

  - Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 mishandles path checking within
    File.fnmatch functions. (CVE-2019-15845)

  - WEBrick::HTTPAuth::DigestAuth in Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 has a
    regular expression Denial of Service cause by looping/backtracking. A victim must expose a WEBrick server
    that uses DigestAuth to the Internet or a untrusted network. (CVE-2019-16201)

  - Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 allows HTTP Response Splitting. If a
    program using WEBrick inserts untrusted input into the response header, an attacker can exploit it to
    insert a newline character to split a header, and inject malicious content to deceive clients. NOTE: this
    issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-17742, which addressed the CRLF vector, but did not
    address an isolated CR or an isolated LF. (CVE-2019-16254)

  - Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 allows code injection if the first
    argument (aka the command argument) to Shell#[] or Shell#test in lib/shell.rb is untrusted data. An
    attacker can exploit this to call an arbitrary Ruby method. (CVE-2019-16255)

  - An issue was discovered in Ruby through 2.5.8, 2.6.x through 2.6.6, and 2.7.x through 2.7.1. WEBrick, a
    simple HTTP server bundled with Ruby, had not checked the transfer-encoding header value rigorously. An
    attacker may potentially exploit this issue to bypass a reverse proxy (which also has a poor header
    check), which may lead to an HTTP Request Smuggling attack. (CVE-2020-25613)

  - The REXML gem before 3.2.5 in Ruby before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, and 3.x before 3.0.1 does not
    properly address XML round-trip issues. An incorrect document can be produced after parsing and
    serializing. (CVE-2021-28965)

  - An issue was discovered in Ruby through 2.6.7, 2.7.x through 2.7.3, and 3.x through 3.0.1. A malicious FTP
    server can use the PASV response to trick Net::FTP into connecting back to a given IP address and port.
    This potentially makes curl extract information about services that are otherwise private and not
    disclosed (e.g., the attacker can conduct port scans and service banner extractions). (CVE-2021-31810)

  - Date.parse in the date gem through 3.2.0 for Ruby allows ReDoS (regular expression Denial of Service) via
    a long string. The fixed versions are 3.2.1, 3.1.2, 3.0.2, and 2.0.1. (CVE-2021-41817)

  - CGI::Cookie.parse in Ruby through 2.6.8 mishandles security prefixes in cookie names. This also affects
    the CGI gem through 0.3.0 for Ruby. (CVE-2021-41819)

  - There is a buffer over-read in Ruby before 2.6.10, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, 3.x before 3.0.4, and 3.1.x before
    3.1.2. It occurs in String-to-Float conversion, including Kernel#Float and String#to_f. (CVE-2022-28739)

  - A ReDoS issue was discovered in the URI component through 0.12.0 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The URI parser
    mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing
    strings to URI objects. The fixed versions are 0.12.1, 0.11.1, 0.10.2 and 0.10.0.1. (CVE-2023-28755)

  - A ReDoS issue was discovered in the Time component through 0.2.1 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The Time parser
    mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing
    strings to Time objects. The fixed versions are 0.1.1 and 0.2.2. (CVE-2023-28756)

  - ruby: Buffer overread vulnerability in StringIO (CVE-2024-27280)

  - ruby: RCE vulnerability with .rdoc_options in RDoc (CVE-2024-27281)

  - ruby: Arbitrary memory address read vulnerability with Regex search (CVE-2024-27282)

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include('rpm.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched"))
exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_ver, rhel_version: '6')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 6.x', 'Red Hat ' + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'ruby', 'release':'6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'unpatched_pkg':'ruby'}
    ]
  }
];


var flag = 0;
foreach var constraint_array ( constraints ) {
  var repo_relative_urls = NULL;
  var enterprise_linux_flag = rhel_repo_urls_has_content_dist_rhel(repo_urls:repo_relative_urls);
  foreach var pkg ( constraint_array['pkgs'] ) {
    var unpatched_pkg = NULL;
    var _release = NULL;
    var sp = NULL;
    var el_string = NULL;
    var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    var exists_check = NULL;
    var cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['unpatched_pkg'])) unpatched_pkg = pkg['unpatched_pkg'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['release'])) _release = 'RHEL' + pkg['release'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (unpatched_pkg &&
        _release &&
        (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check)) &&
        unpatched_package_exists(release:_release, package:unpatched_pkg, cves: cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = NULL;
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : unpatched_packages_report()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'ruby');
}

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