Fedora 25 update for ruby



| Updated: 2025-04-24
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2015-9096
CWE-ID CWE-77
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

ruby
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Command injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU8122

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-9096

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper validation of user supplied input in the Net::SMTP function. A remote attacker can use CRLF sequences in a RCPT TO or MAIL FROM command and execute arbitrary SMTP commands on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 25

ruby: before 2.3.4-63.fc25

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-f318871e3b


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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