USN-5462-2: Ruby vulnerability

Publication date

6 June 2022

Overview

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.

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial libruby2.3 –  2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm3  
ruby2.3 –  2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm3  

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