ALAS2-2022-1853

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-28739  

A buffer overrun vulnerability was found in Ruby. The issue occurs in a conversion algorithm from a String to a Float that causes process termination due to a segmentation fault, but under limited circumstances. This flaw may cause an illegal memory read. (CVE-2022-28739)

ALAS2-2022-1853


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-1853
Advisory Release Date: 2022-09-30 07:04 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-10-10 21:54 Pacific
Severity: Medium
References: CVE-2022-28739 

Issue Overview:

A buffer overrun vulnerability was found in Ruby. The issue occurs in a conversion algorithm from a String to a Float that causes process termination due to a segmentation fault, but under limited circumstances. This flaw may cause an illegal memory read. (CVE-2022-28739)


Affected Packages:

ruby


Issue Correction:
Run yum update ruby to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    ruby-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    ruby-devel-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    ruby-libs-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    rubygem-bigdecimal-1.2.0-36.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    rubygem-io-console-0.4.2-36.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    rubygem-json-1.7.7-36.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    rubygem-psych-2.0.0-36.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    ruby-tcltk-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    ruby-debuginfo-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.aarch64

i686:
    ruby-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.i686
    ruby-devel-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.i686
    ruby-libs-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.i686
    rubygem-bigdecimal-1.2.0-36.amzn2.0.3.i686
    rubygem-io-console-0.4.2-36.amzn2.0.3.i686
    rubygem-json-1.7.7-36.amzn2.0.3.i686
    rubygem-psych-2.0.0-36.amzn2.0.3.i686
    ruby-tcltk-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.i686
    ruby-debuginfo-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.i686

noarch:
    rubygems-2.0.14.1-36.amzn2.0.3.noarch
    rubygems-devel-2.0.14.1-36.amzn2.0.3.noarch
    rubygem-rake-0.9.6-36.amzn2.0.3.noarch
    ruby-irb-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.noarch
    rubygem-rdoc-4.0.0-36.amzn2.0.3.noarch
    ruby-doc-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.noarch
    rubygem-minitest-4.3.2-36.amzn2.0.3.noarch

src:
    ruby-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.src

x86_64:
    ruby-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    ruby-devel-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    ruby-libs-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    rubygem-bigdecimal-1.2.0-36.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    rubygem-io-console-0.4.2-36.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    rubygem-json-1.7.7-36.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    rubygem-psych-2.0.0-36.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    ruby-tcltk-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    ruby-debuginfo-2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.3.x86_64