It was discovered that the Net::FTP module did not properly process filenames in combination with certain operations. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary commands by setting up a malicious FTP server and tricking a user or Ruby application into downloading files with specially crafted names using the Net::FTP module.
Find out more about CVE-2017-17405 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the versions of ruby as shipped with Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 and CloudForms 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-ruby23-ruby) | RHSA-2018:0585 | 2018-03-26 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-ruby24-ruby) | RHSA-2018:0584 | 2018-03-26 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-ruby22-ruby) | RHSA-2018:0583 | 2018-03-26 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-ruby22-ruby) | RHSA-2018:0583 | 2018-03-26 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-ruby24-ruby) | RHSA-2018:0584 | 2018-03-26 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-ruby23-ruby) | RHSA-2018:0585 | 2018-03-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (ruby) | RHSA-2018:0378 | 2018-02-28 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | ruby193-ruby | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ruby | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ruby | Will not fix |
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