USN-5806-1: Ruby vulnerability
17 January 2023
Ruby could allow for internet traffic to be modified if a vulnerable application processed malicious user input.
Releases
Packages
- ruby2.3 - Object-oriented scripting language
Details
Hiroshi Tokumaru discovered that Ruby did not properly handle certain
user input for applications the generate HTTP responses using cgi gem.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to maliciously modify the
response a user would receive from a vulnerable application.
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+esm4
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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ruby2.3
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2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm4
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5806-2: ruby3.0-doc, libruby3.0, ruby2.5, ruby2.5-dev, libruby2.5, ruby2.5-doc, ruby3.0, ruby3.0-dev
- USN-5806-3: libruby2.7, ruby2.7-dev, ruby2.7, ruby2.7-doc
- USN-6181-1: ruby3.1-doc, ruby3.1, libruby3.1, ruby3.1-dev