GLSA 202401-27: Ruby: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Ruby: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	01/24/2024
Bugs:	#747007, #801061, #827251, #838073, #882893, #903630
ID:	202401-27

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ruby, the worst of which could lead to execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. It comes bundled with a HTTP server ("WEBrick").

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-lang/ruby	< 2.5.9	>= 3.1.4	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Ruby users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --depclean ruby:2.5 ruby:2.6 ruby:2.7 ruby:3.0
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-3.1.4:3.1"
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-3.2.2:3.2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202401-27.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.