Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20180378
Revision Date:2018-02-28Version:640
Title:RHSA-2018:0378: ruby security update (Important)
Description:Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has features to process text files and to perform system management tasks.

Security Fix(es):

  • It was discovered that the Net::FTP module did not properly process filenames in combination with certain operations. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary commands by setting up a malicious FTP server and tricking a user or Ruby application into downloading files with specially crafted names using the Net::FTP module. (CVE-2017-17405)

  • A buffer underflow was found in ruby's sprintf function. An attacker, with ability to control its format string parameter, could send a specially crafted string that would disclose heap memory or crash the interpreter. (CVE-2017-0898)

  • It was found that rubygems did not sanitize gem names during installation of a given gem. A specially crafted gem could use this flaw to install files outside of the regular directory. (CVE-2017-0901)

  • A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not sanitize DNS responses when requesting the hostname of the rubygems server for a domain, via a _rubygems._tcp DNS SRV query. An attacker with the ability to manipulate DNS responses could direct the gem command towards a different domain. (CVE-2017-0902)

  • A vulnerability was found where the rubygems module was vulnerable to an unsafe YAML deserialization when inspecting a gem. Applications inspecting gem files without installing them can be tricked to execute arbitrary code in the context of the ruby interpreter. (CVE-2017-0903)

  • It was found that WEBrick did not sanitize all its log messages. If logs were printed in a terminal, an attacker could interact with the terminal via the use of escape sequences. (CVE-2017-10784)

  • It was found that the decode method of the OpenSSL::ASN1 module was vulnerable to buffer underrun. An attacker could pass a specially crafted string to the application in order to crash the ruby interpreter, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2017-14033)

  • A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not properly sanitize gems' specification text. A specially crafted gem could interact with the terminal via the use of escape sequences. (CVE-2017-0899)

  • It was found that rubygems could use an excessive amount of CPU while parsing a sufficiently long gem summary. A specially crafted gem from a gem repository could freeze gem commands attempting to parse its summary. (CVE-2017-0900)

  • A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the JSON extension of ruby. An attacker with the ability to pass a specially crafted JSON input to the extension could use this flaw to expose the interpreter's heap memory. (CVE-2017-14064)

  • The "lazy_initialize" function in lib/resolv.rb did not properly process certain filenames. A remote attacker could possibly exploit this flaw to inject and execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2017-17790)
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-0898
    CVE-2017-0899
    CVE-2017-0900
    CVE-2017-0901
    CVE-2017-0902
    CVE-2017-0903
    CVE-2017-10784
    CVE-2017-14033
    CVE-2017-14064
    CVE-2017-17405
    CVE-2017-17790
    RHSA-2018:0378
    RHSA-2018:0378-00
    RHSA-2018:0378-01
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
  • AND
  • ruby is earlier than 0:2.0.0.648-33.el7_4
  • AND ruby is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • ruby-devel is earlier than 0:2.0.0.648-33.el7_4
  • AND ruby-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • ruby-doc is earlier than 0:2.0.0.648-33.el7_4
  • AND ruby-doc is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • ruby-irb is earlier than 0:2.0.0.648-33.el7_4
  • AND ruby-irb is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • ruby-libs is earlier than 0:2.0.0.648-33.el7_4
  • AND ruby-libs is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • ruby-tcltk is earlier than 0:2.0.0.648-33.el7_4
  • AND ruby-tcltk is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • rubygem-bigdecimal is earlier than 0:1.2.0-33.el7_4
  • AND rubygem-bigdecimal is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • rubygem-io-console is earlier than 0:0.4.2-33.el7_4
  • AND rubygem-io-console is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • rubygem-json is earlier than 0:1.7.7-33.el7_4
  • AND rubygem-json is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • rubygem-minitest is earlier than 0:4.3.2-33.el7_4
  • AND rubygem-minitest is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • rubygem-psych is earlier than 0:2.0.0-33.el7_4
  • AND rubygem-psych is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • rubygem-rake is earlier than 0:0.9.6-33.el7_4
  • AND rubygem-rake is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • rubygem-rdoc is earlier than 0:4.0.0-33.el7_4
  • AND rubygem-rdoc is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • rubygems is earlier than 0:2.0.14.1-33.el7_4
  • AND rubygems is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • rubygems-devel is earlier than 0:2.0.14.1-33.el7_4
  • AND rubygems-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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