Null Byte Interaction Error (Poison Null Byte) Affecting ruby-irb package, versions <0:2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.7


Severity

Recommended
high

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-RUBYIRB-6371228
  • published 5 Mar 2024
  • disclosed 26 Nov 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ruby-irb to version 0:2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2486.

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.

Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 mishandles path checking within File.fnmatch functions.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

6.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

6.5 medium
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SUSE

5.1 medium
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Red Hat

6.5 medium