HTTP Response Splitting Affecting ruby2.5 package, versions <2.5.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.68% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-RUBY25-384344
  • published3 Apr 2018
  • disclosed3 Apr 2018

Introduced: 3 Apr 2018

CVE-2017-17742  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-113  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 ruby2.5 to version 2.5.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby2.5 package and not the ruby2.5 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1 allows an HTTP Response Splitting attack. An attacker can inject a crafted key and value into an HTTP response for the HTTP server of WEBrick.