Summary
Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has features to process text files and to perform system management tasks.
Security Fix(es):
* ruby: Regular expression denial of service vulnerability of Date parsing methods (CVE-2021-41817)
* ruby: Cookie prefix spoofing in CGI::Cookie.parse (CVE-2021-41819)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Fixed packages 35
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby | 2.5.9-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby-devel | 2.5.9-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby-doc | 2.5.9-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby-irb | 2.5.9-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ruby-libs | 2.5.9-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-abrt | 0.3.0-4.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-abrt-doc | 0.3.0-4.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-bigdecimal | 1.3.4-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-bson | 4.3.0-2.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-bson | 4.3.0-2.module_el8.5.0+259+8cec6917 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-bson-doc | 4.3.0-2.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-bundler | 1.16.1-4.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-bundler-doc | 1.16.1-4.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-did_you_mean | 1.2.0-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-io-console | 0.4.6-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-json | 2.1.0-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-minitest | 5.10.3-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-mongo | 2.5.1-2.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-mongo-doc | 2.5.1-2.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-mysql2 | 0.4.10-4.module_el8.5.0+259+8cec6917 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-mysql2 | 0.4.10-4.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-mysql2-doc | 0.4.10-4.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-net-telnet | 0.1.1-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-openssl | 2.1.2-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-pg | 1.0.0-2.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-pg | 1.0.0-2.module_el8.5.0+259+8cec6917 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-pg-doc | 1.0.0-2.module_el8.5.0+2625+ec418553 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-power_assert | 1.1.1-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-psych | 3.0.2-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-rake | 12.3.3-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-rdoc | 6.0.1.1-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-test-unit | 3.2.7-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygem-xmlrpc | 0.3.0-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygems | 2.7.6.3-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | rubygems-devel | 2.7.6.3-110.module_el8.6.0+3074+4b08f9d4 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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High 7.5
Regular expression denial of service vulnerability (ReDoS) in date
Date.parse in the date gem through 3.2.0 for Ruby allows ReDoS (regular expression Denial of Service) via a long string. The fixed versions are 3.2.1, 3.1.2, 3.0.2, and 2.0.1.
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High 7.5
Cookie Prefix Spoofing in CGI::Cookie.parse
CGI::Cookie.parse in Ruby through 2.6.8 mishandles security prefixes in cookie names. This also affects the CGI gem through 0.3.0 for Ruby.