SB2021072093 - Fedora 34 update for ruby



SB2021072093 - Fedora 34 update for ruby

Published: July 20, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021072093
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36327)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient verification of data authenticity in Bundler, when  choosing a dependency source. The application selects a dependency source based on the highest gem version number, which means that a rogue gem found at a public source may be chosen, even if the intended choice was a private gem that is a dependency of another private gem that is explicitly depended on by the application.


2) Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31799)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


3) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31810)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists within Net::FTP in Ruby when processing PASV responses. A remote attacker can trick the victim to connect to a malicious FTP server and 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).


4) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32066)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists in Net::IMAP in Ruby, due to the gem does not raise an exception when StartTLS fails with an an unknown response. A remote attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.