Improper Input Validation Affecting ruby-irb package, versions <0:2.0.0.648-36.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RUBYIRB-7968065
  • published14 Sept 2024
  • disclosed15 Feb 2018

Introduced: 15 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-1000077  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ruby-irb to version 0:2.0.0.648-36.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2028.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ruby gems specification homepage attribute that can result in a malicious gem could set an invalid homepage URL. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.