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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6055-2

Ubuntu Security Notice 6055-2 - USN-6055-1 fixed a vulnerability in Ruby. Unfortunately it introduced a regression. This update reverts the patches applied to CVE-2023-28755 in order to fix the regression pending further investigation. It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6055-2
May 05, 2023

ruby2.3, ruby2.5, ruby2.7 regression

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Summary:

USN-6055-1 introduced a regression.

Software Description:

  • ruby2.7: Object-oriented scripting language
  • ruby2.5: Object-oriented scripting language
  • ruby2.3: Object-oriented scripting language

Details:

USN-6055-1 fixed a vulnerability in Ruby. Unfortunately it introduced a regression.
This update reverts the patches applied to CVE-2023-28755 in order to fix the regression
pending further investigation.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain regular expressions.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-28755)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
libruby2.7 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.10
ruby2.7 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.10

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libruby2.5 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.15
ruby2.5 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.15

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
libruby2.3 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm6
ruby2.3 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm6

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6055-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6055-1
CVE-2023-28755, https://launchpad.net/bugs/2018547

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby2.7/2.7.0-5ubuntu1.10
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby2.5/2.5.1-1ubuntu1.15

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