Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting rubygems24 package, versions <0:2.6.14.4-2.12.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.87% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-RUBYGEMS24-1724137
  • published27 Sept 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 Amazon-Linux:2018.03 rubygems24 to version 0:2.6.14.4-2.12.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2020-1422.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygems24 package and not the rubygems24 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option, causing text/javascript responses to be executed.

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