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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.892007
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2007-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ruby2.1' package(s) announced via the DLA-2007-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ruby2.1' package(s) announced via the DLA-2007-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several flaws have been found in ruby2.1, an interpreter of an object-oriented scripting language.

CVE-2019-15845

Path matching might pass in File.fnmatch and File.fnmatch? due to a NUL character injection.

CVE-2019-16201

A loop caused by a wrong regular expression could lead to a denial of service of a WEBrick service.

CVE-2019-16254

This is the same issue as CVE-2017-17742, whose fix was not complete.

CVE-2019-16255

Giving untrusted data to the first argument of Shell#[] and Shell#test might lead to a code injection vulnerability.

For Debian 8 Jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.5-2+deb8u8.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby2.1 packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'ruby2.1' package(s) on Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-15845
Bugtraq: 20191217 [SECURITY] [DSA 4586-1] ruby2.5 security update (Google Search)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/32
Bugtraq: 20191217 [SECURITY] [DSA 4587-1] ruby2.3 security update (Google Search)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/31
Debian Security Information: DSA-4587 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4587
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-06
https://hackerone.com/reports/449617
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00025.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0395 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00041.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4201-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-16201
https://hackerone.com/reports/661722
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00009.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00033.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-16254
Debian Security Information: DSA-4586 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4586
https://hackerone.com/reports/331984
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-16255
https://hackerone.com/reports/327512
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