Debian 8: DLA-2007-1 Critical: ruby2.1 Code Injection Threat
debian lts
November 25, 2019
Several flaws have been found in ruby2.1, an interpreter of an object-oriented scripting language
Summary
CVE-2019-15845
Path matching might pass in File.fnmatch and File.fnmatch? due
to a NUL character injection.
CVE-2019-16201
A loop caused by a wrong regular expression could lead to a denial
of service of a WEBrick service.
CVE-2019-16254
This is the same issue as CVE-2017-17742, whose fix was not complete.
CVE-2019-16255
Giving untrusted data to the first argument of Shell#[] and
Shell#test might lead to a code injection vulnerability.
For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
2.1.5-2+deb8u8.
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+deb8u8
CVE ID: CVE-2019-15845 CVE-2019-16201 CVE-2019-16254
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