USN-5462-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2022-28738)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2022-06-06 17:23 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:37 – Source websiteIt was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-28738)
It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-28739)
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"details": "It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain regular expressions.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This\nissue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-28738)\n\nIt was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.\n(CVE-2022-28739)\n",
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