Red Hat Software Collections update for rh-ruby30-ruby
| Risk | High |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 5 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2021-41816 CVE-2021-41817 CVE-2021-41819 CVE-2022-28738 CVE-2022-28739 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-119 CWE-185 CWE-451 CWE-415 CWE-704 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
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rh-ruby30-ruby (Red Hat package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component Red Hat Software Collections Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers |
| Vendor | Red Hat Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 5 vulnerabilities.
1) Buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU58364
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41816
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in CGI.escape_html. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
rh-ruby30-ruby (Red Hat package): 3.0.2-148.el7
Red Hat Software Collections: 1 for RHEL 7
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6855
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
2) Incorrect Regular Expression
EUVDB-ID: #VU59824
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41817
CWE-ID:
CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions on date parsing methods. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
Install updates from vendor's website.
rh-ruby30-ruby (Red Hat package): 3.0.2-148.el7
Red Hat Software Collections: 1 for RHEL 7
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6855
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
3) Spoofing attack
EUVDB-ID: #VU58365
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41819
CWE-ID:
CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (Clickjacking, spoofing)
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data in CGI::Cookie.parse. A remote attacker can spoof page content.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
rh-ruby30-ruby (Red Hat package): 3.0.2-148.el7
Red Hat Software Collections: 1 for RHEL 7
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6855
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
4) Double Free
EUVDB-ID: #VU62080
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28738
CWE-ID:
CWE-415 - Double Free
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Regexp compilation process in Ruby. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a double free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
rh-ruby30-ruby (Red Hat package): 3.0.2-148.el7
Red Hat Software Collections: 1 for RHEL 7
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6855
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
5) Type conversion
EUVDB-ID: #VU62081
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-28739
CWE-ID:
CWE-704 - Type conversion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to a type conversion error in some convertion methods like Kernel#Float</code> and <code>String#to_f. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the affected application, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code in the system.
Install updates from vendor's website.
rh-ruby30-ruby (Red Hat package): 3.0.2-148.el7
Red Hat Software Collections: 1 for RHEL 7
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6855
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
