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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201802-05
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Ruby: Command injection
     Date: February 20, 2018
     Bugs: #641090
       ID: 201802-05

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been found in Ruby which may allow for arbitrary
command execution.

Background
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Ruby is an interpreted object-oriented programming language. The
elaborate standard library includes an HTTP server (aWEBRicka) and a
class for XML parsing (aREXMLa).

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-lang/ruby              < 2.2.9:2.2              >= 2.2.9:2.2

Description
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A command injection flaw was discovered in Net::FTP which impacts Ruby.

Impact
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A remote attacker, by enticing a user to download and open a crafted
file from a malicious FTP server, could execute arbitrary commands with
the privileges of the process.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Ruby users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/ruby-2.2.9:2.2"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-17405
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17405

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201802-05

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5