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Debian 8 Jessie DLA-1558-1 Critical: Ruby2.1 OpenSSL Issues

debian lts
Calendar Grey October 28, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
Enhance ruby2.1 to resolve CVE-2018-16395 and CVE-2018-16396 pertaining to Debian LTS. Critical security patches incorporated.
CVE-2018-16395 Fix for OpenSSL::X509::Name equality check
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security advisory critical debian package update security fix ruby openssl

Summary

CVE-2018-16396
Tainted flags are not propagated in Array#pack and String#unpack
with some directives.


For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
2.1.5-2+deb8u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby2.1 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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Package: ruby2.1
Version: 2.1.5-2+deb8u6
CVE ID: CVE-2018-16395 CVE-2018-16396

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