Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting ruby:2.5/rubygem-net-telnet package, versions <0:0.1.1-109.module+el8.5.0+14275+d9c243ca


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-RUBY-4195945
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 May 2021

Introduced: 2 May 2021

CVE-2021-31799  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 ruby:2.5/rubygem-net-telnet to version 0:0.1.1-109.module+el8.5.0+14275+d9c243ca or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:0672.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby:2.5/rubygem-net-telnet package and not the ruby:2.5/rubygem-net-telnet package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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 Scores

version 3.1