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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-8325: Security patch for ruby (ALAS-2019-1249)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-8325: Security patch for ruby (ALAS-2019-1249)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/17/2019
Created
05/08/2020
Added
04/27/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. Since Gem::CommandManager#run calls alert_error without escaping, escape sequence injection is possible. (There are many ways to cause an error.)

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ruby
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ruby-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ruby-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ruby-doc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ruby-irb
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ruby-libs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ruby-tcltk
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-bigdecimal
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-io-console
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-json
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-minitest
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-psych
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-rake
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-rdoc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygems
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygems-devel

References

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