Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-17405: Ruby: Command injection

Free InsightVM Trial No Credit Card Necessary
Watch Demo See how it all works
Back to Search

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-17405: Ruby: Command injection

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/15/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/20/2018
Modified
09/23/2019

Description

Ruby before 2.4.3 allows Net::FTP command injection. Net::FTP#get, getbinaryfile, gettextfile, put, putbinaryfile, and puttextfile use Kernel#open to open a local file. If the localfile argument starts with the "|" pipe character, the command following the pipe character is executed. The default value of localfile is File.basename(remotefile), so malicious FTP servers could cause arbitrary command execution.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-lang-ruby

With Rapid7 live dashboards, I have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what I need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in real-time. No other tool gives us that kind of value and insight.

– Scott Cheney, Manager of Information Security, Sierra View Medical Center

;