USN-5462-2: Ruby vulnerability
6 June 2022
Ruby could be made to crash or read sensitive information when processing certain input.
Releases
Packages
- ruby2.3 - Object-oriented scripting language
Details
USN-5462-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Ruby. This update provides
the corresponding CVE-2022-28739 update for ruby2.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
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libruby2.3
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2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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ruby2.3
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2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5462-1: libruby2.7, ruby2.7-dev, libruby2.5, ruby3.0, ruby2.7-doc, ruby2.7, ruby3.0-doc, ruby3.0-dev, ruby2.5-doc, ruby2.5, ruby2.5-dev, libruby3.0