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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6731-1
April 15, 2024

yard vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 23.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in yard.

Software Description:
- yard: Ruby documentation tool

Details:

It was discovered that YARD before 0.9.11 does not block relative paths
with an initial ../ sequence, which allows attackers to conduct
directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-17042)

It was discovered that yard before 0.9.20 is affected by a path
traversal vulnerability, allowing HTTP requests to access arbitrary
files under certain conditions. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04
LTS. (CVE-2019-1020001)

Aviv Keller discovered that the "frames.html" file within the Yard
Doc's generated documentation is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting
(XSS) attacks due to inadequate sanitization of user input within the
JavaScript segment of the "frames.erb" template file. (CVE-2024-27285)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
  yard                            0.9.28-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  yard                            0.9.26-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  yard                            0.9.24-1+deb11u1build0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  yard                            0.9.12-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
  yard                            0.8.7.6+git20160220-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6731-1
  CVE-2017-17042, CVE-2019-1020001, CVE-2024-27285

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yard/0.9.28-2ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yard/0.9.26-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yard/0.9.24-1+deb11u1build0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 6731-1: YARD Security Advisory Updates

April 15, 2024
Several security issues were fixed in yard.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) Summary: Several security issues were fixed in yard. Software Description: - yard: Ruby documentation tool Details: It was discovered that YARD before 0.9.11 does not block relative paths with an initial ../ sequence, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-17042) It was discovered that yard before 0.9.20 is affected by a path traversal vulnerability, allowing HTTP requests to access arbitrary files under certain conditions. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-1020001) Aviv Keller discovered that the "frames.html" file within the Yard Doc's generated documentation is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks due to inadequate sanitization of user input within the JavaScript segment of the "frames.erb" template file. (CVE-2024-27285)

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.10: yard 0.9.28-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: yard 0.9.26-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: yard 0.9.24-1+deb11u1build0.20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): yard 0.9.12-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): yard 0.8.7.6+git20160220-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6731-1

CVE-2017-17042, CVE-2019-1020001, CVE-2024-27285

Severity
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6731-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yard/0.9.28-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yard/0.9.26-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yard/0.9.24-1+deb11u1build0.20.04.1

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