OS Command Injection Affecting rubygems-devel package, versions <0:2.7.6.3-109.0.1.module+el8.5.0+20513+af7be134


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.48% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-RUBYGEMSDEVEL-2584879
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed30 Jul 2021

Introduced: 30 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-31799  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 rubygems-devel to version 0:2.7.6.3-109.0.1.module+el8.5.0+20513+af7be134 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-0672-1.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygems-devel package and not the rubygems-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In RDoc 3.11 through 6.x before 6.3.1, as distributed with Ruby through 3.0.1, it is possible to execute arbitrary code via | and tags in a filename.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1