QID 240108

Date Published: 2022-02-28

QID 240108: Red Hat Update for ruby:2.5 (RHSA-2022:0672)

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-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)

Affected Products:

  • Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for arm 64 8 aarch64



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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 High - 7.4 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.8 severity.
  • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:0672 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 240108

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2022:0672 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0672