Overly broad permissions can turn one compromised account into a much larger security problem. Learn how to reduce unnecessary access, review privileges, and apply least privilege across modern Linux systems. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 461
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 461

UBUNTU: 2020:0453-2 Critical: rubygem-activerecord-5_2 Local Escalation

suse
Calendar Grey April 7, 2016
Scroller Suse
Debian Security Patch resolves weaknesses in rubygem-rails-4_2, fortifying the safety of your platform.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for rubygem-actionpack-3_2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-2097: rubygem-actionview: Possible Information Leak Vulnerability in Action View. (bsc#968850) - CVE-2016-2098: rubygem-actionpack: Possible remote code execution vulnerability in Action Pack (bsc#968849) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Webyast 1.3: zypper in -t patch slewyst13-rubygem-actionpack-3_2-12497=1 - SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3: zypper in -t patch slestso13-rubygem-actionpack-3_2-12497=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch sdksp4-rubygem-actionpack-3_2-12497=1 - SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3:

References

#968849 #968850

Cross- CVE-2016-2097 CVE-2016-2098

Affected Products:

SUSE Webyast 1.3

SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4

SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2097.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2098.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/968849

https://bugzilla.suse.com/968850

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0967-1
Rating: important

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.