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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4586-1 ruby2.5 -- security update

Date Reported:

17 Dec 2019

Affected Packages:

ruby2.5

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-15845, CVE-2019-16201, CVE-2019-16254, CVE-2019-16255.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the Ruby language, which could result in unauthorized access by bypassing intended path matchings, denial of service, or the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.5-3+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby2.5 packages.

For the detailed security status of ruby2.5 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/ruby2.5