=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4175-1
November 05, 2019

ruby-nokogiri vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Nokogiri could be made to execute programs if it received
specially crafted input.

Software Description:
- ruby-nokogiri: HTML, XML, SAX, and Reader parser for Ruby

Details:

It was discovered that Nokogiri incorrectly handled inputs. A remote attacker
could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary OS commands.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 19.10:
  ruby-nokogiri                   1.10.3+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 19.04:
  ruby-nokogiri                   1.10.0+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  ruby-nokogiri                   1.8.2-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  ruby-nokogiri                   1.6.7.2-3ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4175-1
  CVE-2019-5477

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby-nokogiri/1.10.3+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby-nokogiri/1.10.0+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby-nokogiri/1.8.2-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby-nokogiri/1.6.7.2-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 4175-1: Nokogiri vulnerability

November 5, 2019
Nokogiri could be made to execute programs if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.10: ruby-nokogiri 1.10.3+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 19.04: ruby-nokogiri 1.10.0+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: ruby-nokogiri 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: ruby-nokogiri 1.6.7.2-3ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4175-1

CVE-2019-5477

Severity
November 05, 2019

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby-nokogiri/1.10.3+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby-nokogiri/1.10.0+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby-nokogiri/1.8.2-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby-nokogiri/1.6.7.2-3ubuntu0.1

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