CVE-2016-2337 Affecting ruby2.1 package, versions <2.1.5-2+deb8u5
Threat Intelligence
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- published6 Jan 2017
- disclosed6 Jan 2017
Introduced: 6 Jan 2017
CVE-2016-2337 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 ruby2.1 to version 2.1.5-2+deb8u5 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby2.1 package and not the ruby2.1 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
Type confusion exists in _cancel_eval Ruby's TclTkIp class method. Attacker passing different type of object than String as "retval" argument can cause arbitrary code execution.
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00028.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2337
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-18
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0031/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91233
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-2337