Red Hat: 2013:0611-01: ruby: Moderate Advisory
Summary
Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It
has features to process text files and to do system management tasks.
It was discovered that Ruby's REXML library did not properly restrict XML
entity expansion. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of
service by tricking a Ruby application using REXML to read text nodes from
specially-crafted XML content, which will result in REXML consuming large
amounts of system memory. (CVE-2013-1821)
All users of Ruby are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to resolve this issue.
Summary
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
References
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2013-1821.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386:
ruby-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-irb-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-ri-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
x86_64:
ruby-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-irb-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-ri-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386:
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
x86_64:
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386:
ruby-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-irb-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-ri-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ia64:
ruby-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ia64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ia64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ia64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ia64.rpm
ruby-irb-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ia64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ia64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ia64.rpm
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ia64.rpm
ruby-ri-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ia64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ia64.rpm
ppc:
ruby-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ppc.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ppc.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ppc64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ppc.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ppc64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ppc.rpm
ruby-irb-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ppc.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ppc.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ppc64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ppc.rpm
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ppc.rpm
ruby-ri-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ppc.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-29.el5_9.ppc.rpm
s390x:
ruby-1.8.5-29.el5_9.s390x.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-29.el5_9.s390.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-29.el5_9.s390x.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-29.el5_9.s390.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-29.el5_9.s390x.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.s390x.rpm
ruby-irb-1.8.5-29.el5_9.s390x.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.s390.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.s390x.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.5-29.el5_9.s390x.rpm
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-29.el5_9.s390x.rpm
ruby-ri-1.8.5-29.el5_9.s390x.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-29.el5_9.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
ruby-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-debuginfo-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-irb-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-ri-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-29.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
Updated ruby packages that fix one security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
914716 - CVE-2013-1821 ruby: entity expansion DoS vulnerability in REXML