Medium severity · published Apr 3, 2018
CVE-2017-17742
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
5.3
CVSS
5.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.5% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
RU
Ruby · Ruby-lang
2.2.0 before 2.2.10; 2.3.0 before 2.3.7; 2.4.0 before 2.4.4; 2.5.0 before 2.5.1; 2.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17742
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17742
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103684
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
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