Slackware Linux update for ruby

1) HTTP response splitting

EUVDB-ID: #VU11537

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17742

CWE-ID: CWE-113 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Response Splitting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP response splitting attack.

The weakness exists due to improper handling of HTTP requests. If a script accepts an external input and outputs it without modification as a part of HTTP responses, a remote attacker can use newline characters to trick the victim that the HTTP response header is stopped at there and inject fake HTTP responses after the newline characters to show malicious contents to the victim.

Mitigation

Update the affected package ruby.

Vulnerable software versions

Slackware Linux: 14.2

External links

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2018&m=slackware-security.395952

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU11538

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6914

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary files on the target system.

The weakness exists in the Dir.mktmpdir method in the tmpdir library due to path traversal. A remote attacker can create a directory or a file at any directory in the prefix argument.

Mitigation

Update the affected package ruby.

Vulnerable software versions

Slackware Linux: 14.2

External links

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2018&m=slackware-security.395952

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU11539

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8777

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists a large request in WEBrick. A remote attacker can send a large HTTP request with a crafted header to WEBrick server or a crafted body to WEBrick server/handler and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Update the affected package ruby.

Vulnerable software versions

Slackware Linux: 14.2

External links

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2018&m=slackware-security.395952

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Buffer under-read

EUVDB-ID: #VU11540

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8778

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists in the String#unpack method due to buffer under-read. A remote attacker can gain access to potentially sensitive information.

Mitigation

Update the affected package ruby.

Vulnerable software versions

Slackware Linux: 14.2

External links

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2018&m=slackware-security.395952

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

5) Poison null byte

EUVDB-ID: #VU11541

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8779

CWE-ID: CWE-626 - Null Byte Interaction Error (Poison Null Byte)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary files on the target system.

The weakness exists in the UNIXServer.open and UNIXSocket.open methods due to improper checking of null characters. A remote attacker can accept the socket file in the unintentional path.

Mitigation

Update the affected package ruby.

Vulnerable software versions

Slackware Linux: 14.2

External links

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2018&m=slackware-security.395952

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

6) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU11542

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8780

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information and write arbitrary files on the target system.

The weakness exists in the Dir.open, Dir.new, Dir.entries and Dir.empty? methods due to improper checking of NULL characters. A remote attacker can trigger the unintentional directory traversal.

Mitigation

Update the affected package ruby.

Vulnerable software versions

Slackware Linux: 14.2

External links

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2018&m=slackware-security.395952

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.