The lazy_initialize function in lib/resolv.rb in Ruby through 2.4.3 uses Kernel#open, which might allow Command Injection attacks, as demonstrated by a Resolv::Hosts::new argument beginning with a '|' character, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-17405. NOTE: situations with untrusted input may be highly unlikely.

This update for ruby2.1 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2015-9096: Fixed an SMTP command injection via CRLFsequences in a RCPT TO or MAIL FROM command (bsc#1043983).

CVE-2016-7798: Fixed an IV Reuse in GCM Mode (bsc#1055265).

CVE-2017-0898: Fixed a buffer underrun vulnerability in Kernel.sprintf (bsc#1058755).

CVE-2017-0899: Fixed an issue with malicious gem specifications, insufficient sanitation when printing gem specifications could have included terminal characters (bsc#1056286).

CVE-2017-0900: Fixed an issue with malicious gem specifications, the query command could have led to a denial of service attack against clients (bsc#1056286).

CVE-2017-0901: Fixed an issue with malicious gem specifications, potentially overwriting arbitrary files on the client system (bsc#1056286).

CVE-2017-0902: Fixed an issue with malicious gem specifications, that could have enabled MITM attacks against clients (bsc#1056286).

CVE-2017-0903: Fixed an unsafe object deserialization vulnerability (bsc#1062452).

CVE-2017-9228: Fixed a heap out-of-bounds write in bitset_set_range() during regex compilation (bsc#1069607).

CVE-2017-9229: Fixed an invalid pointer dereference in left_adjust_char_head() in oniguruma (bsc#1069632).

CVE-2017-10784: Fixed an escape sequence injection vulnerability in the Basic authentication of WEBrick (bsc#1058754).

CVE-2017-14033: Fixed a buffer underrun vulnerability in OpenSSL ASN1 decode (bsc#1058757).

CVE-2017-14064: Fixed an arbitrary memory exposure during a JSON.generate call (bsc#1056782).

CVE-2017-17405: Fixed a command injection vulnerability in Net::FTP (bsc#1073002).

CVE-2017-17742: Fixed an HTTP response splitting issue in WEBrick (bsc#1087434).

CVE-2017-17790: Fixed a command injection in lib/resolv.rb:lazy_initialize() (bsc#1078782).

CVE-2018-6914: Fixed an unintentional file and directory creation with directory traversal in tempfile and tmpdir (bsc#1087441).

CVE-2018-8777: Fixed a potential DoS caused by large requests in WEBrick (bsc#1087436).

CVE-2018-8778: Fixed a buffer under-read in String#unpack (bsc#1087433).

CVE-2018-8779: Fixed an unintentional socket creation by poisoned NUL byte in UNIXServer and UNIXSocket (bsc#1087440).

CVE-2018-8780: Fixed an unintentional directory traversal by poisoned NUL byte in Dir (bsc#1087437).

CVE-2018-16395: Fixed an issue with OpenSSL::X509::Name equality checking (bsc#1112530).

CVE-2018-16396: Fixed an issue with tainted string handling, where the flag was not propagated in Array#pack and String#unpack with some directives (bsc#1112532).

CVE-2018-1000073: Fixed a path traversal issue (bsc#1082007).

CVE-2018-1000074: Fixed an unsafe object deserialization vulnerability in gem owner, allowing arbitrary code execution with specially crafted YAML (bsc#1082008).

CVE-2018-1000075: Fixed an infinite loop vulnerability due to negative size in tar header causes Denial of Service (bsc#1082014).

CVE-2018-1000076: Fixed an improper verification of signatures in tarballs (bsc#1082009).

CVE-2018-1000077: Fixed an improper URL validation in the homepage attribute of ruby gems (bsc#1082010).

CVE-2018-1000078: Fixed a XSS vulnerability in the homepage attribute when displayed via gem server (bsc#1082011).

CVE-2018-1000079: Fixed a path traversal issue during gem installation allows to write to arbitrary filesystem locations (bsc#1082058).

CVE-2019-8320: Fixed a directory traversal issue when decompressing tar files (bsc#1130627).

CVE-2019-8321: Fixed an escape sequence injection vulnerability in verbose (bsc#1130623).

CVE-2019-8322: Fixed an escape sequence injection vulnerability in gem owner (bsc#1130622).

CVE-2019-8323: Fixed an escape sequence injection vulnerability in API response handling (bsc#1130620).

CVE-2019-8324: Fixed an issue with malicious gems that may have led to arbitrary code execution (bsc#1130617).

CVE-2019-8325: Fixed an escape sequence injection vulnerability in errors (bsc#1130611).

CVE-2019-15845: Fixed a NUL injection vulnerability in File.fnmatch and File.fnmatch? (bsc#1152994).

CVE-2019-16201: Fixed a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in WEBrick's digest access authentication (bsc#1152995).

CVE-2019-16254: Fixed an HTTP response splitting vulnerability in WEBrick (bsc#1152992).

CVE-2019-16255: Fixed a code injection vulnerability in Shell#[] and Shell#test (bsc#1152990).

CVE-2020-10663: Fixed an unsafe object creation vulnerability in JSON (bsc#1171517).

Non-security issue fixed :

Add conflicts to libruby to make sure ruby and ruby-stdlib are also updated when libruby is updated (bsc#1048072).

Also yast2-ruby-bindings on SLES 12 SP2 LTSS was updated to handle the updated ruby interpreter. (bsc#1172275)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 5.04, has ruby packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the JSON     extension of ruby. An attacker with the ability to pass     a specially crafted JSON input to the extension could     use this flaw to expose the interpreter's heap memory.
    (CVE-2017-14064)

  - The lazy_initialize function in lib/resolv.rb did not     properly process certain filenames. A remote attacker     could possibly exploit this flaw to inject and execute     arbitrary commands. (CVE-2017-17790)

  - It was discovered that the Net::FTP module did not     properly process filenames in combination with certain     operations. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to     execute arbitrary commands by setting up a malicious FTP     server and tricking a user or Ruby application into     downloading files with specially crafted names using the     Net::FTP module. (CVE-2017-17405)

  - A buffer underflow was found in ruby's sprintf function.
    An attacker, with ability to control its format string     parameter, could send a specially crafted string that     would disclose heap memory or crash the interpreter.
    (CVE-2017-0898)

  - It was found that the decode method of the OpenSSL::ASN1     module was vulnerable to buffer underrun. An attacker     could pass a specially crafted string to the application     in order to crash the ruby interpreter, causing a denial     of service. (CVE-2017-14033)

  - It was found that WEBrick did not sanitize all its log     messages. If logs were printed in a terminal, an     attacker could interact with the terminal via the use of     escape sequences. (CVE-2017-10784)

  - It was found that rubygems did not sanitize gem names     during installation of a given gem. A specially crafted     gem could use this flaw to install files outside of the     regular directory. (CVE-2017-0901)

  - It was found that rubygems could use an excessive amount     of CPU while parsing a sufficiently long gem summary. A     specially crafted gem from a gem repository could freeze     gem commands attempting to parse its summary.
    (CVE-2017-0900)

  - A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not     sanitize DNS responses when requesting the hostname of     the rubygems server for a domain, via a _rubygems._tcp     DNS SRV query. An attacker with the ability to     manipulate DNS responses could direct the gem command     towards a different domain. (CVE-2017-0902)

  - A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not     properly sanitize gems' specification text. A specially     crafted gem could interact with the terminal via the use     of escape sequences. (CVE-2017-0899)

  - A vulnerability was found where the rubygems module was     vulnerable to an unsafe YAML deserialization when     inspecting a gem. Applications inspecting gem files     without installing them can be tricked to execute     arbitrary code in the context of the ruby interpreter.
    (CVE-2017-0903)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the ruby packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - It was discovered that the Net::FTP module did not     properly process filenames in combination with certain     operations. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw     to execute arbitrary commands by setting up a malicious     FTP server and tricking a user or Ruby application into     downloading files with specially crafted names using     the Net::FTP module.(CVE-2017-17405)

  - The 'lazy_initialize' function in lib/resolv.rb did not     properly process certain filenames. A remote attacker     could possibly exploit this flaw to inject and execute     arbitrary commands.(CVE-2017-17790)

  - It was found that rubygems could use an excessive     amount of CPU while parsing a sufficiently long gem     summary. A specially crafted gem from a gem repository     could freeze gem commands attempting to parse its     summary.(CVE-2017-0900)

  - It was found that rubygems did not sanitize gem names     during installation of a given gem. A specially crafted     gem could use this flaw to install files outside of the     regular directory.(CVE-2017-0901)

  - A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not     sanitize DNS responses when requesting the hostname of     the rubygems server for a domain, via a _rubygems._tcp     DNS SRV query. An attacker with the ability to     manipulate DNS responses could direct the gem command     towards a different domain.(CVE-2017-0902)

  - A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not     properly sanitize gems' specification text. A specially     crafted gem could interact with the terminal via the     use of escape sequences.(CVE-2017-0899)

  - A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the JSON     extension of ruby. An attacker with the ability to pass     a specially crafted JSON input to the extension could     use this flaw to expose the inter preter's heap     memory.(CVE-2017-14064)

  - It was found that WEBrick did not sanitize all its log     messages. If logs were printed in a terminal, an     attacker could interact with the terminal via the use     of escape sequences.(CVE-2017-10784)

  - It was found that the decode method of the     OpenSSL::ASN1 module was vulnerable to buffer underrun.
    An attacker could pass a specially crafted string to     the application in order to crash the ruby interpreter,     causing a denial of service.(CVE-2017-14033)

  - A buffer underflow was found in ruby's sprintf     function. An attacker, with ability to control its     format string parameter, could send a specially crafted     string that would disclose heap memory or crash the     interpreter.(CVE-2017-0898)

  - A vulnerability was found where the rubygems module was     vulnerable to an unsafe YAML deserialization when     inspecting a gem. Applications inspecting gem files     without installing them can be tricked to execute     arbitrary code in the context of the ruby     interpreter.(CVE-2017-0903)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

An update of the ruby package has been released.

According to the versions of the ruby packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The lazy_initialize function in lib/resolv.rb in Ruby     through 2.4.3 uses Kernel#open, which might allow     Command Injection attacks, as demonstrated by a     Resolv::Hosts::new argument beginning with a '|'     character, a different vulnerability than     CVE-2017-17405. NOTE: situations with untrusted input     may be highly unlikely.(CVE-2017-17790)

  - A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the JSON     extension of ruby. An attacker with the ability to pass     a specially crafted JSON input to the extension could     use this flaw to expose the interpreter's heap memory.
    (CVE-2017-14064)

  - It was found that the decode method of the     OpenSSL::ASN1 module was vulnerable to buffer underrun.
    An attacker could pass a specially crafted string to     the application in order to crash the ruby interpreter,     causing a denial of service. (CVE-2017-14033)

  - It was found that rubygems could use an excessive     amount of CPU while parsing a sufficiently long gem     summary. A specially crafted gem from a gem repository     could freeze gem commands attempting to parse its     summary. (CVE-2017-0900)

  - It was found that rubygems did not sanitize gem names     during installation of a given gem. A specially crafted     gem could use this flaw to install files outside of the     regular directory. (CVE-2017-0901)

  - A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not     sanitize DNS responses when requesting the hostname of     the rubygems server for a domain, via a _rubygems._tcp     DNS SRV query. An attacker with the ability to     manipulate DNS responses could direct the gem command     towards a different domain. (CVE-2017-0902)

  - A vulnerability was found where the rubygems module was     vulnerable to an unsafe YAML deserialization when     inspecting a gem. Applications inspecting gem files     without installing them can be tricked to execute     arbitrary code in the context of the ruby interpreter.
    (CVE-2017-0903)

  - It was found that WEBrick did not sanitize all its log     messages. If logs were printed in a terminal, an     attacker could interact with the terminal via the use     of escape sequences. (CVE-2017-10784)

  - It was discovered that the Net::FTP module did not     properly process filenames in combination with certain     operations. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw     to execute arbitrary commands by setting up a malicious     FTP server and tricking a user or Ruby application into     downloading files with specially crafted names using     the Net::FTP module. (CVE-2017-17405)

  - A buffer underflow was found in ruby's sprintf     function. An attacker, with ability to control its     format string parameter, could send a specially crafted     string that would disclose heap memory or crash the     interpreter. (CVE-2017-0898)

  - A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not     properly sanitize gems' specification text. A specially     crafted gem could interact with the terminal via the     use of escape sequences. (CVE-2017-0899)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the Ruby language, which may result in incorrect processing of HTTP/FTP, directory traversal, command injection, unintended socket creation or information disclosure.

This update also fixes several issues in RubyGems which could 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.

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in the interpreter for the Ruby language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following issues :

CVE-2015-9096

SMTP command injection in Net::SMTP via CRLF sequences in a RCPT TO or MAIL FROM command.

CVE-2016-2339

Exploitable heap overflow in Fiddle::Function.new.

CVE-2016-7798

Incorrect handling of initialization vector in the GCM mode in the OpenSSL extension.

CVE-2017-0898

Buffer underrun vulnerability in Kernel.sprintf.

CVE-2017-0899

ANSI escape sequence vulnerability in RubyGems.

CVE-2017-0900

DoS vulnerability in the RubyGems query command.

CVE-2017-0901

gem installer allowed a malicious gem to overwrite arbitrary files.

CVE-2017-0902

RubyGems DNS request hijacking vulnerability.

CVE-2017-0903

Max Justicz reported that RubyGems is prone to an unsafe object deserialization vulnerability. When parsed by an application which processes gems, a specially crafted YAML formatted gem specification can lead to remote code execution.

CVE-2017-10784

Yusuke Endoh discovered an escape sequence injection vulnerability in the Basic authentication of WEBrick. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to inject malicious escape sequences to the WEBrick log and potentially execute control characters on the victim's terminal emulator when reading logs.

CVE-2017-14033

asac reported a buffer underrun vulnerability in the OpenSSL extension. A remote attacker could take advantage of this flaw to cause the Ruby interpreter to crash leading to a denial of service.

CVE-2017-14064

Heap memory disclosure in the JSON library.

CVE-2017-17405

A command injection vulnerability in Net::FTP might allow a malicious FTP server to execute arbitrary commands.

CVE-2017-17742

Aaron Patterson reported that WEBrick bundled with Ruby was vulnerable to an HTTP response splitting vulnerability. It was possible for an attacker to inject fake HTTP responses if a script accepted an external input and output it without modifications.

CVE-2017-17790

A command injection vulnerability in lib/resolv.rb's lazy_initialze might allow a command injection attack. However untrusted input to this function is rather unlikely.

CVE-2018-6914

ooooooo_q discovered a directory traversal vulnerability in the Dir.mktmpdir method in the tmpdir library. It made it possible for attackers to create arbitrary directories or files via a .. (dot dot) in the prefix argument.

CVE-2018-8777

Eric Wong reported an out-of-memory DoS vulnerability related to a large request in WEBrick bundled with Ruby.

CVE-2018-8778

aerodudrizzt found a buffer under-read vulnerability in the Ruby String#unpack method. If a big number was passed with the specifier @, the number was treated as a negative value, and an out-of-buffer read occurred. Attackers could read data on heaps if an script accepts an external input as the argument of String#unpack.

CVE-2018-8779

ooooooo_q reported that the UNIXServer.open and UNIXSocket.open methods of the socket library bundled with Ruby did not check for NUL bytes in the path argument. The lack of check made the methods vulnerable to unintentional socket creation and unintentional socket access.

CVE-2018-8780

ooooooo_q discovered an unintentional directory traversal in some methods in Dir, by the lack of checking for NUL bytes in their parameter.

CVE-2018-1000075

A negative size vulnerability in ruby gem package tar header that could cause an infinite loop.

CVE-2018-1000076

RubyGems package improperly verifies cryptographic signatures. A mis-signed gem could be installed if the tarball contains multiple gem signatures.

CVE-2018-1000077

An improper input validation vulnerability in RubyGems specification homepage attribute could allow malicious gem to set an invalid homepage URL.

CVE-2018-1000078

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gem server display of homepage attribute.

CVE-2018-1000079

Path Traversal vulnerability during gem installation.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.5-2+deb8u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby2.1 packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Path traversal when writing to a symlinked basedir outside of the root

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series:
2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in install_location function of package.rb that can result in path traversal when writing to a symlinked basedir outside of the root. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6. (CVE-2018-1000073)

Improper verification of signatures in tarball allows to install mis-signed gem :

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series:
2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability in package.rb that can result in a mis-signed gem could be installed, as the tarball would contain multiple gem signatures.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6. (CVE-2018-1000076)

Infinite loop vulnerability due to negative size in tar header causes Denial of Service

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series:
2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a infinite loop caused by negative size vulnerability in ruby gem package tar header that can result in a negative size could cause an infinite loop.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6. (CVE-2018-1000075)

Command injection in lib/resolv.rb:lazy_initialize() allows arbitrary code execution :

The 'lazy_initialize' function in lib/resolv.rb did not properly process certain filenames. A remote attacker could possibly exploit this flaw to inject and execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2017-17790)

Missing URL validation on spec home attribute allows malicious gem to set an invalid homepage URL :

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series:
2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ruby gems specification homepage attribute that can result in a malicious gem could set an invalid homepage URL. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6. (CVE-2018-1000077)

XSS vulnerability in homepage attribute when displayed via gem server

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series:
2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gem server display of homepage attribute that can result in XSS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must browse to a malicious gem on a vulnerable gem server. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6. (CVE-2018-1000078)

Unsafe Object Deserialization Vulnerability in gem owner allowing arbitrary code execution on specially crafted YAML

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series:
2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in owner command that can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via victim must run the `gem owner` command on a gem with a specially crafted YAML file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6. (CVE-2018-1000074)

Path traversal issue during gem installation allows to write to arbitrary filesystem locations

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series:
2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in gem installation that can result in the gem could write to arbitrary filesystem locations during installation. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must install a malicious gem. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6. (CVE-2018-1000079)

Path traversal when writing to a symlinked basedir outside of the root

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series:
2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in install_location function of package.rb that can result in path traversal when writing to a symlinked basedir outside of the root. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6. (CVE-2018-1000073)

Improper verification of signatures in tarball allows to install mis-signed gem :

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series:
2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability in package.rb that can result in a mis-signed gem could be installed, as the tarball would contain multiple gem signatures.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6. (CVE-2018-1000076)

Infinite loop vulnerability due to negative size in tar header causes Denial of Service

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series:
2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a infinite loop caused by negative size vulnerability in ruby gem package tar header that can result in a negative size could cause an infinite loop.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6. (CVE-2018-1000075)

Command injection in lib/resolv.rb:lazy_initialize() allows arbitrary code execution :

The 'lazy_initialize' function in lib/resolv.rb did not properly process certain filenames. A remote attacker could possibly exploit this flaw to inject and execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2017-17790)

Missing URL validation on spec home attribute allows malicious gem to set an invalid homepage URL :

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series:
2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ruby gems specification homepage attribute that can result in a malicious gem could set an invalid homepage URL. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6. (CVE-2018-1000077)

XSS vulnerability in homepage attribute when displayed via gem server

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series:
2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gem server display of homepage attribute that can result in XSS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must browse to a malicious gem on a vulnerable gem server. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6. (CVE-2018-1000078)

Unsafe Object Deserialization Vulnerability in gem owner allowing arbitrary code execution on specially crafted YAML

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series:
2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in owner command that can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via victim must run the `gem owner` command on a gem with a specially crafted YAML file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6. (CVE-2018-1000074)

Path traversal issue during gem installation allows to write to arbitrary filesystem locations

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series:
2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in gem installation that can result in the gem could write to arbitrary filesystem locations during installation. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must install a malicious gem. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6. (CVE-2018-1000079)

If a script accepts an external input and outputs it without modification as a part of HTTP responses, an attacker can use newline characters to deceive the clients that the HTTP response header is stopped at there, and can inject fake HTTP responses after the newline characters to show malicious contents to the clients.(CVE-2017-17742)

The Dir.mktmpdir method introduced by tmpdir library accepts the prefix and the suffix of the directory which is created as the first parameter. The prefix can contain relative directory specifiers '../', so this method can be used to target any directory. So, if a script accepts an external input as the prefix, and the targeted directory has inappropriate permissions or the ruby process has inappropriate privileges, the attacker can create a directory or a file at any directory.(CVE-2018-6914)

If an attacker sends a large request which contains huge HTTP headers, WEBrick try to process it on memory, so the request causes the out-of-memory DoS attack.(CVE-2018-8777)

String#unpack receives format specifiers as its parameter, and can be specified the position of parsing the data by the specifier @. If a big number is passed with @, the number is treated as the negative value, and out-of-buffer read is occurred. So, if a script accepts an external input as the argument of String#unpack, the attacker can read data on heaps.(CVE-2018-8778)

UNIXServer.open accepts the path of the socket to be created at the first parameter. If the path contains NUL (\0) bytes, this method recognize that the path is completed before the NUL bytes. So, if a script accepts an external input as the argument of this method, the attacker can make the socket file in the unintentional path. And, UNIXSocket.open also accepts the path of the socket to be created at the first parameter without checking NUL bytes like UNIXServer.open.
So, if a script accepts an external input as the argument of this method, the attacker can accepts the socket file in the unintentional path.(CVE-2018-8779)

Dir.open, Dir.new, Dir.entries and Dir.empty? accept the path of the target directory as their parameter. If the parameter contains NUL (\0) bytes, these methods recognize that the path is completed before the NUL bytes. So, if a script accepts an external input as the argument of these methods, the attacker can make the unintentional directory traversal.(CVE-2018-8780)

According to the versions of the ruby packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - It was discovered that the Net::FTP module did not     properly process filenames in combination with certain     operations. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw     to execute arbitrary commands by setting up a malicious     FTP server and tricking a user or Ruby application into     downloading files with specially crafted names using     the Net::FTP module. (CVE-2017-17405)

  - A buffer underflow was found in ruby's sprintf     function. An attacker, with ability to control its     format string parameter, could send a specially crafted     string that would disclose heap memory or crash the     interpreter. (CVE-2017-0898)

  - It was found that rubygems did not sanitize gem names     during installation of a given gem. A specially crafted     gem could use this flaw to install files outside of the     regular directory. (CVE-2017-0901)

  - A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not     sanitize DNS responses when requesting the hostname of     the rubygems server for a domain, via a _rubygems._tcp     DNS SRV query. An attacker with the ability to     manipulate DNS responses could direct the gem command     towards a different domain. (CVE-2017-0902)

  - A vulnerability was found where the rubygems module was     vulnerable to an unsafe YAML deserialization when     inspecting a gem. Applications inspecting gem files     without installing them can be tricked to execute     arbitrary code in the context of the ruby interpreter.
    (CVE-2017-0903)

  - It was found that WEBrick did not sanitize all its log     messages. If logs were printed in a terminal, an     attacker could interact with the terminal via the use     of escape sequences. (CVE-2017-10784)

  - It was found that the decode method of the     OpenSSL::ASN1 module was vulnerable to buffer underrun.
    An attacker could pass a specially crafted string to     the application in order to crash the ruby interpreter,     causing a denial of service. (CVE-2017-14033)

  - A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not     properly sanitize gems' specification text. A specially     crafted gem could interact with the terminal via the     use of escape sequences. (CVE-2017-0899)

  - It was found that rubygems could use an excessive     amount of CPU while parsing a sufficiently long gem     summary. A specially crafted gem from a gem repository     could freeze gem commands attempting to parse its     summary. (CVE-2017-0900)

  - A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the JSON     extension of ruby. An attacker with the ability to pass     a specially crafted JSON input to the extension could     use this flaw to expose the interpreter's heap memory.
    (CVE-2017-14064)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Fix: Multiple vulnerabilities in RubyGems https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/02/17/multiple-vulnerabilities- in-rubygems/

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

An update for ruby is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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) :

* It was discovered that the Net::FTP module did not properly process filenames in combination with certain operations. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary commands by setting up a malicious FTP server and tricking a user or Ruby application into downloading files with specially crafted names using the Net::FTP module. (CVE-2017-17405)

* A buffer underflow was found in ruby's sprintf function. An attacker, with ability to control its format string parameter, could send a specially crafted string that would disclose heap memory or crash the interpreter. (CVE-2017-0898)

* It was found that rubygems did not sanitize gem names during installation of a given gem. A specially crafted gem could use this flaw to install files outside of the regular directory.
(CVE-2017-0901)

* A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not sanitize DNS responses when requesting the hostname of the rubygems server for a domain, via a _rubygems._tcp DNS SRV query. An attacker with the ability to manipulate DNS responses could direct the gem command towards a different domain. (CVE-2017-0902)

* A vulnerability was found where the rubygems module was vulnerable to an unsafe YAML deserialization when inspecting a gem. Applications inspecting gem files without installing them can be tricked to execute arbitrary code in the context of the ruby interpreter. (CVE-2017-0903)

* It was found that WEBrick did not sanitize all its log messages. If logs were printed in a terminal, an attacker could interact with the terminal via the use of escape sequences. (CVE-2017-10784)

* It was found that the decode method of the OpenSSL::ASN1 module was vulnerable to buffer underrun. An attacker could pass a specially crafted string to the application in order to crash the ruby interpreter, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2017-14033)

* A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not properly sanitize gems' specification text. A specially crafted gem could interact with the terminal via the use of escape sequences. (CVE-2017-0899)

* It was found that rubygems could use an excessive amount of CPU while parsing a sufficiently long gem summary. A specially crafted gem from a gem repository could freeze gem commands attempting to parse its summary. (CVE-2017-0900)

* A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the JSON extension of ruby. An attacker with the ability to pass a specially crafted JSON input to the extension could use this flaw to expose the interpreter's heap memory. (CVE-2017-14064)

* The 'lazy_initialize' function in lib/resolv.rb did not properly process certain filenames. A remote attacker could possibly exploit this flaw to inject and execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2017-17790)

Security Fix(es) :

  - It was discovered that the Net::FTP module did not     properly process filenames in combination with certain     operations. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to     execute arbitrary commands by setting up a malicious FTP     server and tricking a user or Ruby application into     downloading files with specially crafted names using the     Net::FTP module. (CVE-2017-17405)

  - A buffer underflow was found in ruby's sprintf function.
    An attacker, with ability to control its format string     parameter, could send a specially crafted string that     would disclose heap memory or crash the interpreter.
    (CVE-2017-0898)

  - It was found that rubygems did not sanitize gem names     during installation of a given gem. A specially crafted     gem could use this flaw to install files outside of the     regular directory. (CVE-2017-0901)

  - A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not     sanitize DNS responses when requesting the hostname of     the rubygems server for a domain, via a _rubygems._tcp     DNS SRV query. An attacker with the ability to     manipulate DNS responses could direct the gem command     towards a different domain. (CVE-2017-0902)

  - A vulnerability was found where the rubygems module was     vulnerable to an unsafe YAML deserialization when     inspecting a gem. Applications inspecting gem files     without installing them can be tricked to execute     arbitrary code in the context of the ruby interpreter.
    (CVE-2017-0903)

  - It was found that WEBrick did not sanitize all its log     messages. If logs were printed in a terminal, an     attacker could interact with the terminal via the use of     escape sequences. (CVE-2017-10784)

  - It was found that the decode method of the OpenSSL::ASN1     module was vulnerable to buffer underrun. An attacker     could pass a specially crafted string to the application     in order to crash the ruby interpreter, causing a denial     of service. (CVE-2017-14033)

  - A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not     properly sanitize gems' specification text. A specially     crafted gem could interact with the terminal via the use     of escape sequences. (CVE-2017-0899)

  - It was found that rubygems could use an excessive amount     of CPU while parsing a sufficiently long gem summary. A     specially crafted gem from a gem repository could freeze     gem commands attempting to parse its summary.
    (CVE-2017-0900)

  - A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the JSON     extension of ruby. An attacker with the ability to pass     a specially crafted JSON input to the extension could     use this flaw to expose the interpreter's heap memory.
    (CVE-2017-14064)

  - The 'lazy_initialize' function in lib/resolv.rb did not     properly process certain filenames. A remote attacker     could possibly exploit this flaw to inject and execute     arbitrary commands. (CVE-2017-17790)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2018:0378 :

An update for ruby is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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) :

* It was discovered that the Net::FTP module did not properly process filenames in combination with certain operations. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary commands by setting up a malicious FTP server and tricking a user or Ruby application into downloading files with specially crafted names using the Net::FTP module. (CVE-2017-17405)

* A buffer underflow was found in ruby's sprintf function. An attacker, with ability to control its format string parameter, could send a specially crafted string that would disclose heap memory or crash the interpreter. (CVE-2017-0898)

* It was found that rubygems did not sanitize gem names during installation of a given gem. A specially crafted gem could use this flaw to install files outside of the regular directory.
(CVE-2017-0901)

* A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not sanitize DNS responses when requesting the hostname of the rubygems server for a domain, via a _rubygems._tcp DNS SRV query. An attacker with the ability to manipulate DNS responses could direct the gem command towards a different domain. (CVE-2017-0902)

* A vulnerability was found where the rubygems module was vulnerable to an unsafe YAML deserialization when inspecting a gem. Applications inspecting gem files without installing them can be tricked to execute arbitrary code in the context of the ruby interpreter. (CVE-2017-0903)

* It was found that WEBrick did not sanitize all its log messages. If logs were printed in a terminal, an attacker could interact with the terminal via the use of escape sequences. (CVE-2017-10784)

* It was found that the decode method of the OpenSSL::ASN1 module was vulnerable to buffer underrun. An attacker could pass a specially crafted string to the application in order to crash the ruby interpreter, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2017-14033)

* A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not properly sanitize gems' specification text. A specially crafted gem could interact with the terminal via the use of escape sequences. (CVE-2017-0899)

* It was found that rubygems could use an excessive amount of CPU while parsing a sufficiently long gem summary. A specially crafted gem from a gem repository could freeze gem commands attempting to parse its summary. (CVE-2017-0900)

* A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the JSON extension of ruby. An attacker with the ability to pass a specially crafted JSON input to the extension could use this flaw to expose the interpreter's heap memory. (CVE-2017-14064)

* The 'lazy_initialize' function in lib/resolv.rb did not properly process certain filenames. A remote attacker could possibly exploit this flaw to inject and execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2017-17790)

According to the version of the ruby packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - The lazy_initialize function in lib/resolv.rb in Ruby     through 2.4.3 uses Kernel#open, which might allow     Command Injection attacks, as demonstrated by a     Resolv::Hosts::new argument beginning with a '|'     character, a different vulnerability than     CVE-2017-17405. NOTE: situations with untrusted input     may be highly unlikely.(CVE-2017-17790)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain terminal emulator escape sequences. An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code via a crafted user name. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2017-10784)

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain strings. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2017-14033)

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled some generating JSON.
An attacker could use this to possible expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 17.10.
(CVE-2017-14064)

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-17790).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the Ruby language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

CVE-2017-17405

A command injection vulnerability in Net::FTP might allow a malicious FTP server the execution of arbitrary commands.

CVE-2017-17790

A command injection vulnerability in lib/resolv.rb's lazy_initialze might allow a command injection attack. However untrusted input to this function is rather unlikely.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.7.358-7.1+deb7u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby1.8 packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the Ruby language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

CVE-2017-17405

A command injection vulnerability in Net::FTP might allow a malicious FTP server the execution of arbitrary commands.

CVE-2017-17790

A command injection vulnerability in lib/resolv.rb's lazy_initialze might allow a command injection attack. However untrusted input to this function is rather unlikely.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.3.194-8.1+deb7u7.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby1.9.1 packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
137599	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ruby2.1 (SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
127164	NewStart CGSL MAIN 5.04 : ruby Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0013)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	critical
124910	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : ruby (EulerOS-SA-2019-1407)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
121912	Photon OS 2.0: Ruby PHSA-2018-2.0-0013	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
121801	Photon OS 1.0: Ruby PHSA-2018-1.0-0100	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
117557	EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.0 : ruby (EulerOS-SA-2018-1248)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
111468	Debian DSA-4259-1 : ruby2.3 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
111081	Debian DLA-1421-1 : ruby2.1 security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
109136	Amazon Linux 2 : ruby (ALAS-2018-983)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical
108846	Amazon Linux AMI : ruby20 / ruby22,ruby23,ruby24 (ALAS-2018-983)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical
108471	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : ruby (EulerOS-SA-2018-1067)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
108470	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : ruby (EulerOS-SA-2018-1066)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
107280	Fedora 26 : ruby (2018-1fffa787e7)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
107270	CentOS 7 : ruby (CESA-2018:0378)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	critical
107125	Fedora 27 : ruby (2018-40ed78700c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
107084	Scientific Linux Security Update : ruby on SL7.x x86_64 (20180228)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	critical
107082	RHEL 7 : ruby (RHSA-2018:0378)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
107080	Oracle Linux 7 : ruby (ELSA-2018-0378)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
106405	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : ruby (EulerOS-SA-2018-1030)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
106404	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : ruby (EulerOS-SA-2018-1029)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
105751	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Ruby vulnerabilities (USN-3528-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
105429	Debian DLA-1222-1 : ruby1.8 security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
105428	Debian DLA-1221-1 : ruby1.9.1 security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical

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