Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting ruby2.5-devel-extra package, versions <2.5.5-4.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.6% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-SLES150-RUBY25DEVELEXTRA-2745305
  • published 14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 10 Jul 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 ruby2.5-devel-extra to version 2.5.5-4.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby2.5-devel-extra package and not the ruby2.5-devel-extra package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 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 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gem server display of homepage attribute that can result in XSS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must browse to a malicious gem on a vulnerable gem server. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.