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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-10784: Ruby: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 19, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

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

gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-lang-ruby
Title
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