RHSA-2011:0909Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby security update

Published
June 28, 2011
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (5)

CVE-2009-4492 →CVE-2010-0541 →CVE-2011-0188 →CVE-2011-1004 →CVE-2011-1005 →

📋 Description

CVE-2009-4492 — ruby WEBrick log escape sequence CVE-2010-0541 — Ruby WEBrick javascript injection flaw CVE-2011-0188 — ruby: memory corruption in BigDecimal on 64bit platforms CVE-2011-1004 — Ruby: Symlink race condition by removing directory trees in fileutils module CVE-2011-1005 — Ruby: Untrusted codes able to modify arbitrary strings

🎯 Affected products58

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-devel-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-devel-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-devel-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-devel-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-devel-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-devel-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-devel-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-docs-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-docs-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-docs-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-docs-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-docs-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-irb-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-irb-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-irb-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • ruby-irb-0:1.8.5-19.el5_6.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
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✅ Remediation

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/kb/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (12)