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SUSE: CVE-2017-17790: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-17790: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/20/2017
Created
07/10/2020
Added
06/10/2020
Modified
06/10/2020

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)

  • suse-upgrade-libruby2_1-2_1
  • suse-upgrade-ruby2-1
  • suse-upgrade-ruby2-1-devel
  • suse-upgrade-ruby2-1-stdlib
  • suse-upgrade-yast2-ruby-bindings

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