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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 2027-1] jruby security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'jruby' package(s) announced via the DSA-2027-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Several security vulnerabilities were found in Ruby that also affected Debian's JRuby package, a pure-Java implementation of Ruby. Attackers were able to call arbitrary Ruby methods, cause a denial-of-service or inject input into HTTP response headers when using the WEBrick module.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'jruby' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.6-9+deb8u2. We recommend that you upgrade your jruby packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)