MGASA-2019-0062 - Updated jruby packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 13 Feb 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0062.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-1000073,
     CVE-2018-1000074,
     CVE-2018-1000075,
     CVE-2018-1000076,
     CVE-2018-1000077,
     CVE-2018-1000078,
     CVE-2018-1000079

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in jruby. They would allow an
attacker to use specially crafted gem files to mount cross-site scripting
attacks, cause denial of service through an infinite loop, write arbitrary
files, or run malicious code (CVE-2018-1000073, CVE-2018-1000074,
CVE-2018-1000075, CVE-2018-1000076, CVE-2018-1000077, CVE-2018-1000078,
CVE-2018-1000079).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23158
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000073
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000074
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000075
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000076
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000077
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000078
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000079

SRPMS:
- 6/core/jruby-1.7.22-5.1.mga6

Mageia 2019-0062: jruby security update

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in jruby

Summary

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in jruby. They would allow an attacker to use specially crafted gem files to mount cross-site scripting attacks, cause denial of service through an infinite loop, write arbitrary files, or run malicious code (CVE-2018-1000073, CVE-2018-1000074, CVE-2018-1000075, CVE-2018-1000076, CVE-2018-1000077, CVE-2018-1000078, CVE-2018-1000079).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23158

- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000073

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000074

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000075

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000076

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000077

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000078

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000079

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0062 - Updated jruby packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/jruby-1.7.22-5.1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 13 Feb 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0062.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-1000073, CVE-2018-1000074, CVE-2018-1000075, CVE-2018-1000076, CVE-2018-1000077, CVE-2018-1000078, CVE-2018-1000079

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