Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting ruby package, versions <2.5.6-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
29.73% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE310-RUBY-1535475
  • published2 Aug 2021
  • disclosed18 Jan 2018

Introduced: 18 Jan 2018

CVE-2015-9251  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.10 ruby to version 2.5.6-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby package and not the ruby package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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