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CVE-2017-17790

Public on 2017-12-20
Modified on 2018-05-10
Description

The "lazy_initialize" function in lib/resolv.rb did not properly process certain filenames. A remote attacker could possibly exploit this flaw to inject and execute arbitrary commands.

Severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core ruby 2018-04-05 16:06 ALAS2-2018-983
Amazon Linux 1 ruby20 2018-04-04 23:18 ALAS-2018-983
Amazon Linux 1 ruby22 2018-04-04 23:18 ALAS-2018-983
Amazon Linux 1 ruby23 2018-04-04 23:18 ALAS-2018-983
Amazon Linux 1 ruby24 2018-04-04 23:18 ALAS-2018-983

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H