CVE catalog
CVE-2017-17790
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17790
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 5.91% · Oct 25, 2026
The lazy_initialize function in lib/resolv.rb in Ruby through 2.4.3 uses Kernel#open, which might allow Command Injection attacks, as demonstrated by a Resolv::Hosts::new argument beginning with a '|' character, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-17405. NOTE: situations with untrusted input may be highly unlikely.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.194-8.1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.448-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.448-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.7 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.3 | 16.04 | 2.3.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.3 | 16.04 | 2.3.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.3 | 16.04 | 2.3.0-4ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.3 | 16.04 | 2.3.0-4ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.3 | 16.04 | 2.3.0-5ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.3 | 16.04 | 2.3.1-2~16.04 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.3 | 16.04 | 2.3.1-2~16.04.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.3 | 16.04 | 2.3.1-2~16.04.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.3 | 16.04 | 2.3.1-2~16.04.5 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | ruby1.9.1 | deb | 14.04 | 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.7 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17790 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | ruby2.3 | deb | 16.04 | 2.3.1-2~16.04.5 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17790 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2018_0378.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17790]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-17790.json]
[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]