[slackware-security] ruby

New ruby packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/ruby-2.2.10-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release includes some bug fixes and some security fixes: HTTP response splitting in...

rubygems: No size limit in summary length of gem spec

It was found that rubygems could use an excessive amount of CPU while parsing a sufficiently long gem summary. A specially crafted gem from a gem repository could freeze gem commands attempting to parse its summary...

rubygems: DNS hijacking vulnerability

A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not sanitize DNS responses when requesting the hostname of the rubygems server for a domain, via a rubygems.tcp DNS SRV query. An attacker with the ability to manipulate DNS responses could direct the gem command towards a different domain...

rubygems: Arbitrary file overwrite due to incorrect validation of specification name

It was found that rubygems did not sanitize gem names during installation of a given gem. A specially crafted gem could use this flaw to install files outside of the regular directory...

rubygems: Escape sequence in the "summary" field of gemspec

A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not properly sanitize gems' specification text. A specially crafted gem could interact with the terminal via the use of escape sequences...

rubygems: Escape sequence in the "summary" field of gemspec

A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not properly sanitize gems' specification text. A specially crafted gem could interact with the terminal via the use of escape sequences...

rubygems: DNS hijacking vulnerability

A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not sanitize DNS responses when requesting the hostname of the rubygems server for a domain, via a rubygems.tcp DNS SRV query. An attacker with the ability to manipulate DNS responses could direct the gem command towards a different domain...

rubygems: No size limit in summary length of gem spec

It was found that rubygems could use an excessive amount of CPU while parsing a sufficiently long gem summary. A specially crafted gem from a gem repository could freeze gem commands attempting to parse its summary...

rubygems: Arbitrary file overwrite due to incorrect validation of specification name

It was found that rubygems did not sanitize gem names during installation of a given gem. A specially crafted gem could use this flaw to install files outside of the regular directory...

rubygems: Unsafe object deserialization through YAML formatted gem specifications

A vulnerability was found where the rubygems module was vulnerable to an unsafe YAML deserialization when inspecting a gem. Applications inspecting gem files without installing them can be tricked to execute arbitrary code in the context of the ruby interpreter...

Medium: ruby24, ruby22, ruby23

Issue Overview: Unsafe object deserialization through YAML formatted gem specifications: A vulnerability was found where the rubygems module was vulnerable to an unsafe YAML deserialization when inspecting a gem. Applications inspecting gem files without installing them can be tricked to execute...

EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : ruby (EulerOS-SA-2018-1066)

According to the versions of the ruby packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - It was discovered that the Net::FTP module did not properly process filenames in combination with certain operations. A remote attacker could...

EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : ruby (EulerOS-SA-2018-1067)

According to the versions of the ruby packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - It was discovered that the Net::FTP module did not properly process filenames in combination with certain operations. A remote attacker could...

RubyGems Directory Traversal Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-07050)

RubyGems is a package manager for Ruby that provides a standard format for distributing Ruby programs and libraries called "gems", and is designed to make it easy to manage gem installations and the servers used to distribute them. A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the installlocation...

RubyGems Directory Traversal Vulnerability

RubyGems is a package manager for Ruby that provides a standard format for distributing Ruby programs and libraries called "gems", and is designed to make it easy to manage gem-installed tools, as well as servers for distributing gems. A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the RubyGems ge...

RubyGems Untrusted Data Deserialization Vulnerability

RubyGems is a package manager for Ruby that provides a standard format for distributing Ruby programs and libraries called "gems", and is designed to make it easy to manage gem-installed tools, as well as servers for distributing gems. An untrusted data deserialization vulnerability exists in the...

Input validation

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ruby gems specification homepage attribute that can...

CVE-2018-1000079

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in gem installation that can result in the gem could write to...

CVE-2018-1000074

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in owner command that can result in code...

CVE-2018-1000077

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ruby gems specification homepage attribute that can...