Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting rubygems package, versions <0:2.6.14.3-90.el7cf


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RUBYGEMS-3487800
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed22 May 2018

Introduced: 22 May 2018

CVE-2018-11627  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rubygems to version 0:2.6.14.3-90.el7cf or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:0212.

NVD Description

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

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