Arbitrary Command Execution Affecting lingq package, versions >= 0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-LINGQ-20182
  • published29 Jun 2014
  • disclosed29 Jun 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Jun 2014

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

Overview

lingq is a gem for interacting with the API of lingq.com. Affected versions of this gem contain a flaw in client.rb that is triggered when handling metacharacters. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

CVSS Scores

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