Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions Affecting rh-ruby22-rubygem-rake package, versions <0:10.4.2-19.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.94% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHRUBY22RUBYGEMRAKE-4693689
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 May 2009

Introduced: 11 May 2009

CVE-2009-5147  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-267  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rh-ruby22-rubygem-rake to version 0:10.4.2-19.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0583.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-ruby22-rubygem-rake package and not the rh-ruby22-rubygem-rake package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

DL::dlopen in Ruby 1.8, 1.9.0, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 2.0.0 before patchlevel 648, and 2.1 before 2.1.8 opens libraries with tainted names.

CVSS Scores

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