MGASA-2020-0243 - Updated ruby-RubyGems packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 10 Jun 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0243.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-XXXX,
     CVE-2018-1000073,
     CVE-2018-1000074,
     CVE-2018-1000075,
     CVE-2018-1000076,
     CVE-2018-1000077,
     CVE-2018-1000078,
     CVE-2018-1000079,
     CVE-2019-8320,
     CVE-2019-8321,
     CVE-2019-8322,
     CVE-2019-8323,
     CVE-2019-8324,
     CVE-2019-8325

Updated ruby-RubyGems package fixes security vulnerabilities

The following vulnerabilities have been reported.

CVE-2019-8320: Delete directory using symlink when decompressing tar
CVE-2019-8321: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in verbose
CVE-2019-8322: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in gem owner
CVE-2019-8323: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in API response
handling
CVE-2019-8324: Installing a malicious gem may lead to arbitrary code
execution
CVE-2019-8325: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in errors
References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22696
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2019/03/05/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-rubygems/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-XXXX
- 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
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8320
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8321
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8322
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8323
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8324
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8325

SRPMS:
- 7/core/ruby-RubyGems-2.6.14-3.1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0243: ruby-RubyGems security update

Updated ruby-RubyGems package fixes security vulnerabilities The following vulnerabilities have been reported

Summary

Updated ruby-RubyGems package fixes security vulnerabilities
The following vulnerabilities have been reported.
CVE-2019-8320: Delete directory using symlink when decompressing tar CVE-2019-8321: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in verbose CVE-2019-8322: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in gem owner CVE-2019-8323: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in API response handling CVE-2019-8324: Installing a malicious gem may lead to arbitrary code execution CVE-2019-8325: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in errors

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22696

- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2019/03/05/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-rubygems/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-XXXX

- 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

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8320

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8321

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8322

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8323

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8324

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8325

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0243 - Updated ruby-RubyGems packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/ruby-RubyGems-2.6.14-3.1.mga7

Severity

Publication date: 10 Jun 2020

URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0243.html

Type: security

CVE: CVE-2019-XXXX, CVE-2018-1000073, CVE-2018-1000074, CVE-2018-1000075, CVE-2018-1000076, CVE-2018-1000077, CVE-2018-1000078, CVE-2018-1000079, CVE-2019-8320, CVE-2019-8321, CVE-2019-8322, CVE-2019-8323, CVE-2019-8324, CVE-2019-8325

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