Vulnerability in Ruby-Lang Ruby
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. An attacker can inject a crafted key and value into an HTTP response for the HTTP server of WEBrick.
EPSS: 0.058 (92.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Ruby-lang Ruby — versions 2.6.0
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Release Notes)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-17742?
- CVE-2017-17742 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ruby-Lang Ruby, classified under HTTP Response Splitting. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-04-03.
- How severe is CVE-2017-17742?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-17742 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.