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OS X update for Ruby (CVE-2017-10784)

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OS X update for Ruby (CVE-2017-10784)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/19/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/31/2018
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

The Basic authentication code in WEBrick library in Ruby before 2.2.8, 2.3.x before 2.3.5, and 2.4.x through 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to inject terminal emulator escape sequences into its log and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a crafted user name.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2018-002-high-sierra
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_13_6

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