Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2019162550000000
Revision Date:2019-11-26Version:1
Title:CVE-2019-16255 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-16255
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • jruby package in xenial is affected and may need fixing.
  • OR ruby2.3 package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.14').
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