[USN-5806-3] Ruby vulnerability

[Leonidas S. Barbosa]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5806-3
March 20, 2023

ruby2.7 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Ruby could allow for internet traffic to be modified if
a vulnerable application processed malicious user input.

Software Description:
- ruby2.7: Object-oriented scripting language

Details:

USN-5806-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ruby. This update fixes the problem
for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

 Hiroshi Tokumaru discovered that Ruby did not properly handle certain
 user input for applications which generate HTTP responses using cgi gem.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to maliciously modify the
 response a user would receive from a vulnerable application.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libruby2.7                      2.7.0-5ubuntu1.8
  ruby2.7                         2.7.0-5ubuntu1.8

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5806-3
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5806-1
  CVE-2021-33621

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby2.7/2.7.0-5ubuntu1.8
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