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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2018.0449
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2018-0449)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby-rack' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2018-0449 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'ruby-rack' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2018-0449 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
There is a possible XSS vulnerability in Rack. Carefully crafted
requests can impact the data returned by the `scheme` method on
`Rack::Request`.Applications that expect the scheme to be limited to
'http' or 'https' and do not escape the return value could be vulnerable
to an XSS attack (CVE-2018-16471).

Affected Software/OS:
'ruby-rack' package(s) on Mageia 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-16471
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/GKsAFT924Ag
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00022.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1553 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00032.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0214 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00016.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4089-1/
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