CVE-2021-31799
Public on 2021-05-20
Modified on 2022-12-01
Description
An operating system command injection flaw was found in RDoc. Using the rdoc command to generate documentation for a malicious Ruby source code could lead to execution of arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running rdoc.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | ruby | 2021-05-20 | ALAS2-2021-1641 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Ruby2.6 Extra | ruby | 2023-08-21 | ALAS2RUBY2.6-2023-005 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Ruby3.0 Extra | ruby | 2023-08-21 | ALAS2RUBY3.0-2023-006 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | ruby20 | 2021-05-20 | ALAS-2021-1505 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | ruby24 | 2021-05-20 | ALAS-2021-1506 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |