GLSA 201412-27: Ruby: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Ruby: Denial of Service
Date:	12/13/2014
Bugs:	#355439, #369141, #396301, #437366, #442580, #458776, #492282, #527084, #529216
ID:	201412-27

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Ruby, allowing context-dependent attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Ruby is an object-oriented scripting language.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-lang/ruby	< 2.0.0_p598	>= 1.9.3_p551	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ruby. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A context-dependent attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or bypass security restrictions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Ruby 1.9 users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-1.9.3_p551"

All Ruby 2.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-2.0.0_p598"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-27.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.