vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-4201-1 (CVE-2019-16255): Ruby vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 1, 2019 | Nov 27, 2019 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 1, 2019
Added
Nov 27, 2019
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 allows code injection if the first argument (aka the "command" argument) to Shell#[] or Shell#test in lib/shell.rb is untrusted data. An attacker can exploit this to call an arbitrary Ruby method.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libruby2-3ubuntu-upgrade-libruby2-5ubuntu-upgrade-ruby2-3ubuntu-upgrade-ruby2-5
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