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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1421-1] ruby2.1 security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

5 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in the interpreter for the Ruby language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues: CVE-2015-9096 SMTP command injection in Net::SMTP via CRLF sequences in a RCPT TO or MAIL FROM command. CVE-2016-2339 Exploitable heap overflow in Fiddle::Function.new. CVE-2016-7798 Incorrect handling of initialization vector in the GCM mode in the OpenSSL extension. Description truncated. Please see the references for more information.

Affected Software

Affected Software

ruby2.1 on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.5-2+deb8u4. We recommend that you upgrade your ruby2.1 packages.