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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3945-1
April 11, 2019
ruby1.9.1, ruby2.0, ruby2.3, ruby2.5 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 18.10
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Ruby.
Software Description:
– ruby2.5: Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language Ruby
– ruby2.3: Object-oriented scripting language
– ruby1.9.1: Object-oriented scripting language
– ruby2.0: Object-oriented scripting language
Details:
It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain RubyGems.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary
commands. (CVE-2019-8320)
It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-8321, CVE-2019-8322, CVE-2019-8323, CVE-2019-8324, CVE-2019-8325)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.10:
libruby2.5 2.5.1-5ubuntu4.3
ruby2.5 2.5.1-5ubuntu4.3
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libruby2.5 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.2
ruby2.5 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libruby2.3 2.3.1-2~16.04.12
ruby2.3 2.3.1-2~16.04.12
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libruby1.9.1 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.14
libruby2.0 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.13
ruby1.9.1 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.14
ruby1.9.3 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.14
ruby2.0 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.13
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3945-1
CVE-2019-8320, CVE-2019-8321, CVE-2019-8322, CVE-2019-8323,
CVE-2019-8324, CVE-2019-8325
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby2.5/2.5.1-5ubuntu4.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby2.5/2.5.1-1ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby2.3/2.3.1-2~16.04.12
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.9.1/1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.14
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