vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-16255: Moderate: ruby:2.5 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 26, 2019 | Jun 30, 2021 | May 25, 2023 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 26, 2019
Added
Jun 30, 2021
Modified
May 25, 2023
Description
Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 allows code injection if the first argument (aka the "command" argument) to Shell#[] or Shell#test in lib/shell.rb is untrusted data. An attacker can exploit this to call an arbitrary Ruby method.
Solutions
centos-upgrade-rubycentos-upgrade-ruby-debuginfocentos-upgrade-ruby-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-ruby-develcentos-upgrade-ruby-doccentos-upgrade-ruby-irbcentos-upgrade-ruby-libscentos-upgrade-ruby-libs-debuginfocentos-upgrade-rubygem-abrtcentos-upgrade-rubygem-abrt-doccentos-upgrade-rubygem-bigdecimalcentos-upgrade-rubygem-bigdecimal-debuginfocentos-upgrade-rubygem-bsoncentos-upgrade-rubygem-bson-debuginfocentos-upgrade-rubygem-bson-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-rubygem-bson-doccentos-upgrade-rubygem-bundlercentos-upgrade-rubygem-bundler-doccentos-upgrade-rubygem-did_you_meancentos-upgrade-rubygem-io-consolecentos-upgrade-rubygem-io-console-debuginfocentos-upgrade-rubygem-irbcentos-upgrade-rubygem-jsoncentos-upgrade-rubygem-json-debuginfocentos-upgrade-rubygem-minitestcentos-upgrade-rubygem-mongocentos-upgrade-rubygem-mongo-doccentos-upgrade-rubygem-mysql2centos-upgrade-rubygem-mysql2-debuginfocentos-upgrade-rubygem-mysql2-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-rubygem-mysql2-doccentos-upgrade-rubygem-net-telnetcentos-upgrade-rubygem-opensslcentos-upgrade-rubygem-openssl-debuginfocentos-upgrade-rubygem-pgcentos-upgrade-rubygem-pg-debuginfocentos-upgrade-rubygem-pg-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-rubygem-pg-doccentos-upgrade-rubygem-power_assertcentos-upgrade-rubygem-psychcentos-upgrade-rubygem-psych-debuginfocentos-upgrade-rubygem-rakecentos-upgrade-rubygem-rdoccentos-upgrade-rubygem-test-unitcentos-upgrade-rubygem-xmlrpccentos-upgrade-rubygemscentos-upgrade-rubygems-devel
References
Rapid7 Labs
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