ruby2.3, ruby2.5 vulnerabilities

26 November 2019

ruby2.3, ruby2.5 vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 19.10
• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Ruby.

Software Description

• ruby2.5 - Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language Ruby
• ruby2.3 - Object-oriented scripting language

Details

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to pass path matching what can lead to an unauthorized access. (CVE-2019-15845)

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-16201)

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain HTTP headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-16254)

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-16255)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10

libruby2.5 - 2.5.5-4ubuntu2.1

ruby2.5 - 2.5.5-4ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 19.04

libruby2.5 - 2.5.5-1ubuntu1.1

ruby2.5 - 2.5.5-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libruby2.5 - 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.6

ruby2.5 - 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.6

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

libruby2.3 - 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.14

ruby2.3 - 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.14

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

• CVE-2019-15845
• CVE-2019-16201
• CVE-2019-16254
• CVE-2019-16255