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.
Published: 2018-04-03
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1358-1 ruby1.9.1 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1359-1 ruby1.8 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1421-1 ruby2.1 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2007-1 ruby2.1 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2027-1 jruby security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2330-1 jruby security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3408-1 jruby security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4259-1 ruby2.3 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-8894 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3685-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00485}

epss

{'score': 0.00815}


Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Aus Rhel E4s Rhel Eus Rhel Software Collections Rhel Tus
Ruby-lang Ruby
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:59:17.715Z

Reserved: 2017-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-17742

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-03T22:29:00.383

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:18:34.057

Link: CVE-2017-17742

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-03-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-17742 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses