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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704721
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4721-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ruby2.5' package(s) announced via the DSA-4721-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ruby2.5' package(s) announced via the DSA-4721-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the interpreter for the Ruby language.

CVE-2020-10663

Jeremy Evans reported an unsafe object creation vulnerability in the json gem bundled with Ruby. When parsing certain JSON documents, the json gem can be coerced into creating arbitrary objects in the target system.

CVE-2020-10933

Samuel Williams reported a flaw in the socket library which may lead to exposure of possibly sensitive data from the interpreter.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.5-3+deb10u2.

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: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'ruby2.5' package(s) on Debian 10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-10663
Debian Security Information: DSA-4721 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4721
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7QL6MJD2BO4IRJ5CJFNMCDYMQQFT24BJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F4TNVTT66VPRMX5UZYSDGSVRXKKDDDU5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NK2PBXWMFRUD7U7Q7LHV4KYLYID77RI4/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00030.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8d2e174230f6d26e16c007546e804c343f1f68956f526daaafa4aaae@%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd9b9cc843f5cf5b532bdad9e87a817967efcf52b917e8c43b6df4cc7@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ree3abcd33c06ee95ab59faa1751198a1186d8941ddc2c2562c12966c@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb023d54a46da1ac0d8969097f5fecc79636b07d3b80db7b818a5c55c@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2b981912446a74e14fe6076c4b7c7d8502727ea0718e6a65a9b1be5@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f17bfca1d6e7f4b33ae978725b2fd62a9f1b3111696eafa9add802d@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec8bb4d637b04575da41cfae49118e108e95d43bfac39b7b698ee4db@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3b04f4e99a19613f88ae088aa18cd271231a3c79dfff8f5efa8cda61@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r37c0e1807da7ff2bdd028bbe296465a6bbb99e2320dbe661d5d8b33b@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0586 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00004.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-10933
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