ghsa-47cm-jxff-w8wg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:10
Modified
2022-05-14 03:10
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

The lazy_initialize function in lib/resolv.rb in Ruby through 2.4.3 uses Kernel#open, which might allow Command Injection attacks, as demonstrated by a Resolv::Hosts::new argument beginning with a '|' character, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-17405. NOTE: situations with untrusted input may be highly unlikely.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-17790"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-74"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-12-20T09:29:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "The lazy_initialize function in lib/resolv.rb in Ruby through 2.4.3 uses Kernel#open, which might allow Command Injection attacks, as demonstrated by a Resolv::Hosts::new argument beginning with a \u0027|\u0027 character, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-17405. NOTE: situations with untrusted input may be highly unlikely.",
  "id": "GHSA-47cm-jxff-w8wg",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T03:10:52Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:10:52Z",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00024.html"
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