USN-6853-1: Ruby vulnerability

26 June 2024

Ruby could be made to crash or expose sensitive information login if it processed certain strings.

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Releases

Packages

  • ruby2.7 - Object-oriented scripting language
  • ruby3.0 - Object-oriented scripting language
  • ruby3.1 - Object-oriented scripting language

Details

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled the ungetbyte and ungetc
methods. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Ruby to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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