SB2021080209 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Ruby

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SB2021080209 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Ruby

Published: August 2, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021080209
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
  • Low
  • Medium
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) 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).


2) 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.

References