SUSE-SU-2017:1067-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:1067-1

    Published: 20 Apr 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for ruby2.1

    Details: This ruby2.1 update to version 2.1.9 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2016-2339: heap overflow vulnerability in the Fiddle::Function.new'initialize' (bsc#1018808) - CVE-2015-7551: Unsafe tainted string usage in Fiddle and DL (bsc#959495) - CVE-2015-3900: hostname validation does not work when fetching gems or making API requests (bsc#936032) - CVE-2015-1855: Ruby'a OpenSSL extension suffers a vulnerability through overly permissive matching of hostnames (bsc#926974) - CVE-2014-4975: off-by-one stack-based buffer overflow in the encodes() function (bsc#887877) Bugfixes: - SUSEconnect doesn't handle domain wildcards in no_proxy environment variable properly (bsc#1014863) - Segmentation fault after pack & ioctl & unpack (bsc#909695) - Ruby:HTTP Header injection in 'net/http' (bsc#986630) ChangeLog: - http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v2_1_9/ChangeLog

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171067-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1014863, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1018808, https://bugzilla.suse.com/887877, https://bugzilla.suse.com/909695, https://bugzilla.suse.com/926974, https://bugzilla.suse.com/936032, https://bugzilla.suse.com/959495, https://bugzilla.suse.com/986630, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4975, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1855, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3900, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7551, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2339

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby2.1

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/ruby2.1&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.9-15.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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