Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting ruby-irb package, versions <0:2.0.0.648-35.amzn2.0.1
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- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 17 Jun 2019
Introduced: 17 Jun 2019
CVE-2019-8324 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ruby-irb to version 0:2.0.0.648-35.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1249.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-irb package and not the ruby-irb package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. A crafted gem with a multi-line name is not handled correctly. Therefore, an attacker could inject arbitrary code to the stub line of gemspec, which is eval-ed by code in ensure_loadable_spec during the preinstall check.