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Ubuntu: USN-3365-1 (CVE-2009-5147): Ruby vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3365-1 (CVE-2009-5147): Ruby vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/29/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/26/2017
Modified
04/25/2018

Description

DL::dlopen in Ruby 1.8, 1.9.0, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 2.0.0 before patchlevel 648, and 2.1 before 2.1.8 opens libraries with tainted names.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libruby1-9-1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libruby2-0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libruby2-3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ruby1-9-1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ruby2-0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ruby2-3

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