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Debian DSA-3247-1 Critical: Ruby2.1 Man-In-The-Middle Attack Risk

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Calendar Grey May 2, 2015
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Upgrade Ruby 2.1 on your Debian system to bolster security against man-in-the-middle threats linked to SSL vulnerabilities by following key steps
It was discovered that the Ruby OpenSSL extension, part of the interpreter for the Ruby language, did not properly implement hostname matching, in violation of RFC 6125
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Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.5-2+deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.5-3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.5-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby2.1 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: ruby2.1
CVE ID: CVE-2015-1855

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