MGASA-2020-0186 - Updated ruby-json packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 05 May 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0186.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-10663

Updated ruby-json packages fix security vulnerability:

In ruby-json before 2.3.0, there is an unsafe object creation vulnerability.
When parsing certain JSON documents, the json gem can be coerced into
creating arbitrary objects in the target system (CVE-2020-10663).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26408
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2020/03/19/json-dos-cve-2020-10663/
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2190
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-10663

SRPMS:
- 7/core/ruby-json-2.1.0-3.1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0186: ruby-json security update

Updated ruby-json packages fix security vulnerability: In ruby-json before 2.3.0, there is an unsafe object creation vulnerability

Summary

Updated ruby-json packages fix security vulnerability:
In ruby-json before 2.3.0, there is an unsafe object creation vulnerability. When parsing certain JSON documents, the json gem can be coerced into creating arbitrary objects in the target system (CVE-2020-10663).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26408

- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2020/03/19/json-dos-cve-2020-10663/

- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2190

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-10663

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0186 - Updated ruby-json packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/ruby-json-2.1.0-3.1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 05 May 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0186.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-10663

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