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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1113-1 ruby1.8 -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

26 Sep 2017

Affected Packages:

ruby1.8

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 875931, Bug 875936.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-0898, CVE-2017-10784.

More information:

Some vulnerabilities were found in the Ruby 1.8 package that affects the LTS distribution.

• CVE-2017-0898

  Buffer underrun vulnerability in Kernel.sprintf

• CVE-2017-10784

  Escape sequence injection vulnerability in the Basic authentication of WEBrick

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.7.358-7.1+deb7u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby1.8 packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS