openSUSE Security Update: Security update for rubygem-excon
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2020:0139-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1159342 
Cross-References:   CVE-2019-16779
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1
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   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.


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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