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Posted on 09 July 2013
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1902-1
July 09, 2013
ruby1.8, ruby1.9.1 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
An attacker could trick Ruby into trusting a rogue server.
Software Description:
- ruby1.8: Object-oriented scripting language
- ruby1.9.1: Object-oriented scripting language
Details:
William (B.J.) Snow Orvis discovered that Ruby incorrectly verified the
hostname in SSL certificates. An attacker could trick Ruby into trusting =
a
rogue server certificate, which was signed by a trusted certificate
authority, to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 13.04:
libruby1.8 1.8.7.358-7ubuntu1.1
libruby1.9.1 1.9.3.194-8.1ubuntu1.1
ruby1.8 1.8.7.358-7ubuntu1.1
ruby1.9.1 1.9.3.194-8.1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 12.10:
libruby1.8 1.8.7.358-4ubuntu0.3
libruby1.9.1 1.9.3.194-1ubuntu1.5
ruby1.8 1.8.7.358-4ubuntu0.3
ruby1.9.1 1.9.3.194-1ubuntu1.5
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libruby1.8 1.8.7.352-2ubuntu1.3
libruby1.9.1 1.9.3.0-1ubuntu2.7
ruby1.8 1.8.7.352-2ubuntu1.3
ruby1.9.1 1.9.3.0-1ubuntu2.7
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.=
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1902-1
CVE-2013-4073
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.8/1.8.7.358-7ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.9.1/1.9.3.194-8.1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.8/1.8.7.358-4ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.9.1/1.9.3.194-1ubuntu1.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.8/1.8.7.352-2ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.9.1/1.9.3.0-1ubuntu2.7
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