Ruby CVE-2017-10784 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	100853
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-10784
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 14 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 14 2017 12:00AM
Credit:	Yusuke Endoh.
Vulnerable:	Ruby-Lang Ruby 2.4.1 Ruby-Lang Ruby 2.3.4 Ruby-Lang Ruby 2.3 Ruby-Lang Ruby 2.2.7 Ruby-Lang Ruby 2.2 Ruby-Lang Ruby 2.4.0 Ruby-Lang Ruby 2.2.2
Not Vulnerable:	Ruby-Lang Ruby 2.4.2 Ruby-Lang Ruby 2.3.5 Ruby-Lang Ruby 2.2.8

Ruby CVE-2017-10784 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Ruby is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability.

Successful exploits may allow attackers to bypass security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions.

The following versions are affected:

Ruby 2.2.7 and prior versions are affected.
Ruby 2.3.4 and prior versions are affected.
Ruby 2.4.1 and prior versions are affected.

Ruby CVE-2017-10784 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Ruby CVE-2017-10784 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Ruby CVE-2017-10784 Security Bypass Vulnerability

References:

• Rubygems Homepage (Rubygems)
  
• Bug 1492012 - (CVE-2017-10784) CVE-2017-10784 ruby: Escape sequence injection vu (Redhat)
  
• CVE-2017-10784 (Redhat)
  
• CVE-2017-10784: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in the Basic authenticat (Ruby)