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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2017-17790: ruby security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2017-17790: ruby security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/20/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/30/2018
Modified
08/06/2018

Description

The lazy_initialize function in lib/resolv.rb in Ruby through 2.4.3 uses Kernel#open, which might allow Command Injection attacks, as demonstrated by a Resolv::Hosts::new argument beginning with a '|' character, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-17405. NOTE: situations with untrusted input may be highly unlikely.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-ruby
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-ruby-irb
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-ruby-libs

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