openSUSE Security Update: Security update for rubygem-excon
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0036-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1159342
Cross-References: CVE-2019-16779
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for rubygem-excon fixes the following issues:

CVE-2019-16779 (boo#1159342): Fix a race condition around persistent
connections, where a connection, which was interrupted, would leave data
on the socket. Subsequent requests would then read this data, returning
content from the previous response.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or “zypper patch”.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

– openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-36=1

Package List:

– openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64):

ruby2.5-rubygem-excon-0.59.0-lp151.3.3.1
ruby2.5-rubygem-excon-doc-0.59.0-lp151.3.3.1
ruby2.5-rubygem-excon-testsuite-0.59.0-lp151.3.3.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16779.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1159342

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