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Debian 7 Wheezy DLA-1337-1 Critical: JRuby Multiple Issues Resolved

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Calendar Grey April 2, 2018
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Several security flaws in the rubygems component of jruby have been resolved in update version 1.5.6-5+deb7u1 for Debian 7 Wheezy.
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in the rubygems package management framework, embedded in JRuby, a pure-Java implementation of the Ruby programming language
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security advisory critical cross site scripting Debian input validation package management JRuby

Summary

A negative size vulnerability in ruby gem package tar header that could
cause an infinite loop.

CVE-2018-1000076

Ruby gems package improperly verifies cryptographic signatures. A mis-signed
gem could be installed if the tarball contains multiple gem signatures.

CVE-2018-1000077

An improper input validation vulnerability in ruby gems specification
homepage attribute could allow malicious gem to set an invalid homepage
URL.

CVE-2018-1000078

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gem server display of homepage
attribute

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
1.5.6-5+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your jruby packages.

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


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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: jruby
Version: 1.5.6-5+deb7u1
CVE ID: CVE-2018-1000075 CVE-2018-1000076 CVE-2018-1000077 CVE-2018-1000078

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security advisory critical cross site scripting Debian input validation package management JRuby

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