ruby-nokogiri vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Nokogiri could be made to execute programs if it received specially crafted input.
Software Description
It was discovered that Nokogiri incorrectly handled inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary OS commands.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
ruby-nokogiri - 1.10.3+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 19.04
ruby-nokogiri - 1.10.0+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
ruby-nokogiri - 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
ruby-nokogiri - 1.6.7.2-3ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Nokogiri could be made to execute programs if it received specially crafted input.
Software Description
- ruby-nokogiri - HTML, XML, SAX, and Reader parser for Ruby
It was discovered that Nokogiri incorrectly handled inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary OS commands.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
ruby-nokogiri - 1.10.3+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 19.04
ruby-nokogiri - 1.10.0+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
ruby-nokogiri - 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
ruby-nokogiri - 1.6.7.2-3ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Continue reading...
