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Critical RHSA-2018:3738 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby security update

Published Sep 13, 2024 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 64

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client ruby 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client ruby-debuginfo 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client ruby-devel 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client ruby-doc 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client ruby-irb 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client ruby-libs 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client ruby-tcltk 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client rubygem-bigdecimal 0:1.2.0-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client rubygem-io-console 0:0.4.2-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client rubygem-json 0:1.7.7-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client rubygem-minitest 0:4.3.2-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client rubygem-psych 0:2.0.0-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client rubygem-rake 0:0.9.6-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client rubygem-rdoc 0:4.0.0-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client rubygems 0:2.0.14.1-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::client rubygems-devel 0:2.0.14.1-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode ruby 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode ruby-debuginfo 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode ruby-devel 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode ruby-doc 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode ruby-irb 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode ruby-libs 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode ruby-tcltk 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode rubygem-bigdecimal 0:1.2.0-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode rubygem-io-console 0:0.4.2-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode rubygem-json 0:1.7.7-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode rubygem-minitest 0:4.3.2-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode rubygem-psych 0:2.0.0-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode rubygem-rake 0:0.9.6-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode rubygem-rdoc 0:4.0.0-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode rubygems 0:2.0.14.1-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::computenode rubygems-devel 0:2.0.14.1-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server ruby 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server ruby-debuginfo 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server ruby-devel 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server ruby-doc 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server ruby-irb 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server ruby-libs 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server ruby-tcltk 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server rubygem-bigdecimal 0:1.2.0-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server rubygem-io-console 0:0.4.2-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server rubygem-json 0:1.7.7-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server rubygem-minitest 0:4.3.2-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server rubygem-psych 0:2.0.0-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server rubygem-rake 0:0.9.6-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server rubygem-rdoc 0:4.0.0-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server rubygems 0:2.0.14.1-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::server rubygems-devel 0:2.0.14.1-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation ruby 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation ruby-debuginfo 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation ruby-devel 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation ruby-doc 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation ruby-irb 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation ruby-libs 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation ruby-tcltk 0:2.0.0.648-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation rubygem-bigdecimal 0:1.2.0-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation rubygem-io-console 0:0.4.2-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation rubygem-json 0:1.7.7-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation rubygem-minitest 0:4.3.2-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation rubygem-psych 0:2.0.0-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation rubygem-rake 0:0.9.6-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation rubygem-rdoc 0:4.0.0-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation rubygems 0:2.0.14.1-34.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::workstation rubygems-devel 0:2.0.14.1-34.el7_6

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2018-16395 EPSS 11%

    Ruby Openssl Allows Incorrect Value Comparison

    An issue was discovered in the OpenSSL library in Ruby before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, and 2.6.x before 2.6.0-preview3. When two OpenSSL::X509::Name objects are compared using ==, depending on the ordering, non-equal objects may return t…

    ruby2.3 ruby ruby2.5 ruby2.0 Ubuntu Alpine RubyGems

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643086
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2018/rhsa-2018_3738.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16395
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16395
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16395
  • article
    https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/openssl-x509-name-equality-check-does-not-work-correctly-cve-2018-16395/