QID 240661

Date Published: 2022-09-15

QID 240661: Red Hat Update for ruby:2.7 security (RHSA-2022:6447)

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):
  • 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)
  • ruby: buffer overrun in string-to-float conversion (cve-2022-28739)

Affected Products:

  • Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 - extended update support 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux server - aus 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems - extended update support 8.6 s390x
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian - extended update support 8.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux server - tus 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for arm 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for arm 64 - extended update support 8.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux server for power le - update services for sap solutions 8.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 - update services for sap solutions 8.6 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 High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
  • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:6447 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 240661

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2022:6447 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6447