CVE-2017-17790

Public on 2017-12-20

Modified on 2018-05-10

Description

The "lazy_initialize" function in lib/resolv.rb did not properly process certain filenames. A remote attacker could possibly exploit this flaw to inject and execute arbitrary commands.

Severity

Low

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CVSS v3 Base Score

8.1

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory	Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	ruby	2018-04-05	ALAS2-2018-983	Fixed
Amazon Linux 1	ruby20	2018-04-04	ALAS-2018-983	Fixed
Amazon Linux 1	ruby22	2018-04-04	ALAS-2018-983	Fixed
Amazon Linux 1	ruby23	2018-04-04	ALAS-2018-983	Fixed
Amazon Linux 1	ruby24	2018-04-04	ALAS-2018-983	Fixed

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2017-17790 Mitre: CVE-2017-17790