CVE-2017-17742

Description

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.

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.48%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ruby-lang.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/ vendor advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/ patch release notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103684 third party advisory vdb entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729 vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004 vdb entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730 vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html third party advisory mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731 vendor advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/http-response-splitting-in-webrick-cve-2017-17742/ vendor advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/ patch release notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html mailing list
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/ patch release notes
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259 vendor advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/ patch release notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028 vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00009.html mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.html mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00033.html mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-17742?
CVE-2017-17742 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-17742?
To fix CVE-2017-17742, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-17742 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-17742 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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