1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3515-1

USN-3515-1: Ruby vulnerability

Publication date

4 January 2018

Overview

Ruby could be made to execute arbitrary commands if opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • ruby1.9.1 - Object-oriented scripting language
  • ruby2.0 - Object-oriented scripting language
  • ruby2.3 - Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language Ruby

Details

It was discovered that Ruby allows FTP command injection.
An attacker could use this to cause arbitrary command execution.

It was discovered that Ruby allows FTP command injection.
An attacker could use this to cause arbitrary command execution.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
17.10 artful libruby2.3 –  2.3.3-1ubuntu1.1
ruby2.3 –  2.3.3-1ubuntu1.1
17.04 zesty libruby2.3 –  2.3.3-1ubuntu0.3
ruby2.3 –  2.3.3-1ubuntu0.3
16.04 xenial libruby2.3 –  2.3.1-2~16.04.4
ruby2.3 –  2.3.1-2~16.04.4
14.04 trusty libruby1.9.1 –  1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.6
libruby2.0 –  2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.5
ruby1.9.1 –  1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.6
ruby1.9.3 –  1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.6
ruby2.0 –  2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.5

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