{"id":"USN-3808-1","summary":"ruby1.9.1, ruby2.0, ruby2.3, ruby2.5 vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain X.509\ncertificates. An attacker could possibly use this issue to\nbypass the certificate check. (CVE-2018-16395)\n\nIt was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain\ninputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute\narbitrary code. 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