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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-16396: Security patch for ruby20 ((Multiple Advisories))

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-16396: Security patch for ruby20 ((Multiple Advisories))

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/17/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
12/07/2018
Modified
08/13/2020

Description

An issue was discovered in Ruby before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, and 2.6.x before 2.6.0-preview3. It does not taint strings that result from unpacking tainted strings with some formats.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade--ruby24
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby20
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby23

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