openSUSE: 2020:0139-1 Moderate: Rubygem-Excon Race Condition Issue
opensuse
January 29, 2020
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
This update for rubygem-excon fixes the following issues:
CVE-2019-16779 (boo#1159342): Fix a race condition around persistent
connections, where a connection, which was interrupted, would leave data
on the socket. Subsequent requests would then read this data, returning
content from the previous response.
This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.1:Update update project.
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-139=1
Package List
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
ruby2.5-rubygem-excon-0.59.0-bp151.4.3.1
ruby2.5-rubygem-excon-doc-0.59.0-bp151.4.3.1
ruby2.5-rubygem-excon-testsuite-0.59.0-bp151.4.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16779.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1159342
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0139-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1
Topics Covered
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