QID 240723

Date Published: 2022-10-12

QID 240723: Red Hat Update for rh-ruby30-ruby security (RHSA-2022:6855)

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: buffer overflow in cgi.escape_html (cve-2021-41816).
    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: double free in regexp compilation (cve-2022-28738).
    Ruby: buffer overrun in string-to-float conversion (cve-2022-28739).
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    Red Hat software collections (for rhel server) 1 for rhel 7 x86_64.
    Red hat software collections (for rhel server for system z) 1 for rhel 7 s390x.
    Red hat software collections (for rhel server for ibm power le) 1 for rhel 7 ppc64le.
    Red hat software collections (for rhel workstation) 1 for rhel 7 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 - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:6855 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 240723

    CVE-2021-41816 | CVE-2021-41817 | CVE-2021-41819 | CVE-2022-28738 | CVE-2022-28739 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2022:6855 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6855
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