USN-3808-1: Ruby vulnerabilities
5 November 2018
Several security issues were fixed in Ruby.
Releases
Packages
- ruby1.9.1 - Object-oriented scripting language
- ruby2.0 - Object-oriented scripting language
- ruby2.3 - Object-oriented scripting language
- ruby2.5 - Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language Ruby
Details
It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain X.509
certificates. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
bypass the certificate check. (CVE-2018-16395)
It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16396)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 18.10
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
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libruby1.9.1
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1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.13
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libruby2.0
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2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.11
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ruby1.9.1
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1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.13
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ruby1.9.3
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1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.13
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ruby2.0
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2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.11
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.