HTTP Response Splitting Affecting rubygem-bigdecimal package, versions <0:1.2.0-36.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.57% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-RUBYGEMBIGDECIMAL-1673297
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed3 Apr 2018

Introduced: 3 Apr 2018

CVE-2017-17742  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-113  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 rubygem-bigdecimal to version 0:1.2.0-36.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1276.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-bigdecimal package and not the rubygem-bigdecimal package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1 allows an HTTP Response Splitting attack. An attacker can inject a crafted key and value into an HTTP response for the HTTP server of WEBrick.