QID 240090

Date Published: 2022-02-21

QID 240090: Red Hat Update for ruby:2.6 (RHSA-2022:0544)

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):
  • rubygem-bundler: dependencies of gems with explicit source may be installed from a different source (cve-2020-36327)
  • rubygem-rdoc: command injection vulnerability in rdoc (cve-2021-31799)
  • ruby: ftp pasv command response can cause net::ftp to connect to arbitrary host (cve-2021-31810)
  • ruby: starttls stripping vulnerability in net::imap (cve-2021-32066)
  • ruby: regular expression denial of service vulnerability of date parsing methods (cve-2021-41817)
  • ruby: cookie prefix spoofing in cgi::cookie.parse (cve-2021-41819)

Affected Products:

  • Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 - extended update support 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux server - aus 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems - extended update support 8.4 s390x
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian - extended update support 8.4 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux server - tus 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for arm 64 - extended update support 8.4 aarch64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux server (for ibm power le) - update services for sap solutions 8.4 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux server - update services for sap solutions 8.4 x86_64



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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 9.3 severity.
  • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:0544 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2022:0544 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0544