Malicious Package Affecting fluent_plugin-statsd-event package, versions >=0.0.0
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Exploit Maturity
Mature
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-FLUENTPLUGINSTATSDEVENT-566697
- published 17 Apr 2020
- disclosed 17 Apr 2020
- credit Reversing Labs
How to fix?
Avoid using fluent_plugin-statsd-event altogether.
Overview
fluent_plugin-statsd-event is a malicious package.
Affected versions of this package were found to be a Malicious Package, as it utilised typosquatting to run Malicious 3rd party scripts. It replaced genuine packages using an _ and replaced it with - and vice versa
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CVSS Scores
version 3.1