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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2018-3738-01 Critical Ruby Security Update

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Calendar Grey November 29, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A new Ruby version has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, incorporating vital security patches for improved system reliability.
An update for ruby is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has features to process text files and to perform system management tasks.
Security Fix(es):
* ruby: OpenSSL::X509::Name equality check does not work correctly (CVE-2018-16395)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update red hat critical important ruby openssl

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16395 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: ruby-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.src.rpm
noarch: ruby-irb-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.noarch.rpm rubygem-rdoc-4.0.0-34.el7_6.noarch.rpm rubygems-2.0.14.1-34.el7_6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: ruby-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.x86_64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.i686.rpm ruby-debuginfo-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.x86_64.rpm ruby-libs-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.i686.rpm ruby-libs-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.x86_64.rpm rubygem-bigdecimal-1.2.0-34.el7_6.x86_64.rpm rubygem-io-console-0.4.2-34.el7_6.x86_64.rpm rubygem-json-1.7.7-34.el7_6.x86_64.rpm rubygem-psych-2.0.0-34.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch: ruby-doc-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.noarch.rpm rubygem-minitest-4.3.2-34.el7_6.noarch.rpm rubygem-rake-0.9.6-34.el7_6.noarch.rpm rubygems-devel-2.0.14.1-34.el7_6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: ruby-debuginfo-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.x86_64.rpm ruby-devel-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.x86_64.rpm ruby-tcltk-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: ruby-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.src.rpm
noarch: ruby-irb-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.noarch.rpm rubygem-rdoc-4.0.0-34.el7_6.noarch.rpm rubygems-2.0.14.1-34.el7_6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: ruby-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.x86_64.rpm ruby-debuginfo-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.i686.rpm ruby-debuginfo-2.0.0.648-34.el7_6.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3738-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3738
Issue date: 2018-11-29

Topic

An update for ruby is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update red hat critical important ruby openssl

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1643086 - CVE-2018-16395 ruby: OpenSSL::X509::Name equality check does not work correctly

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