Medium: ruby23

Issue Overview:

IV Reuse in GCM Mode:
The openssl gem for Ruby uses the same initialization vector (IV) in GCM Mode (aes-*-gcm) when the IV is set before the key, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to bypass the encryption protection mechanism. (CVE-2016-7798)

Affected Packages:

ruby23

Issue Correction:
Run yum update ruby23 to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    ruby23-debuginfo-2.3.4-1.15.amzn1.i686  
    ruby23-devel-2.3.4-1.15.amzn1.i686  
    rubygem23-psych-2.1.0-1.15.amzn1.i686  
    rubygem23-io-console-0.4.5-1.15.amzn1.i686  
    ruby23-2.3.4-1.15.amzn1.i686  
    rubygem23-bigdecimal-1.2.8-1.15.amzn1.i686  
    ruby23-libs-2.3.4-1.15.amzn1.i686  
  
noarch:  
    ruby23-doc-2.3.4-1.15.amzn1.noarch  
    rubygems23-devel-2.5.2-1.15.amzn1.noarch  
    rubygem23-did_you_mean-1.0.0-1.15.amzn1.noarch  
    ruby23-irb-2.3.4-1.15.amzn1.noarch  
    rubygems23-2.5.2-1.15.amzn1.noarch  
  
src:  
    ruby23-2.3.4-1.15.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    ruby23-2.3.4-1.15.amzn1.x86_64  
    rubygem23-io-console-0.4.5-1.15.amzn1.x86_64  
    ruby23-devel-2.3.4-1.15.amzn1.x86_64  
    rubygem23-bigdecimal-1.2.8-1.15.amzn1.x86_64  
    ruby23-debuginfo-2.3.4-1.15.amzn1.x86_64  
    ruby23-libs-2.3.4-1.15.amzn1.x86_64  
    rubygem23-psych-2.1.0-1.15.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2016-7798

Mitre: CVE-2016-7798