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Improper Input Validation Affecting ruby-irb package, versions <0:2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.38% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-RUBYIRB-1673629
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 13 Mar 2018
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Introduced: 13 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-1000077 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ruby-irb to version 0:2.0.0.648-36.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 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.

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ruby gems specification homepage attribute that can result in a malicious gem could set an invalid homepage URL. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

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