SB2018032616 - Red Hat Software Collections update for rh-ruby24-ruby
Published: March 26, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018032616
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17405)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.The weakness exists due to flaws in the Net::FTP. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
2) Command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17790)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary command on the target system.The weakness exists in the lazy_initialize function due to command injection. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request, inject and execute arbitrary commands.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.