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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-8777): Ruby regression

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-8777): Ruby regression

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/03/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/22/2018
Modified
03/26/2021

Description

In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, an attacker can pass a large HTTP request with a crafted header to WEBrick server or a crafted body to WEBrick server/handler and cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

Solution(s)

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

References

  • USN-3553-1
  • USN-3685-1
  • USN-3685-2
  • DSA-4259
  • CVE-2018-8777

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