// For flags

CVE-2017-17742

ruby: HTTP response splitting in WEBrick

Severity Score

5.3
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Ruby, en versiones anteriores a la 2.2.10, versiones 2.3.x anteriores a la 2.3.7, versiones 2.4.x anteriores a la 2.4.4, versiones 2.5.x anteriores a la 2.5.1 y la versión 2.6.0-preview1, permite un ataque de separación de respuesta HTTP. Un atacante puede inyectar una clave y un valor manipulados en una respuesta HTTP para el servidor HTTP de WEBrick.

It was found that WEBrick did not sanitize headers sent back to clients, resulting in a response-splitting vulnerability. An attacker, able to control the server's headers, could force WEBrick into injecting additional headers to a client.

Some of these CVEs were already addressed in previous USN: 3439-1, 3553-1, 3528-1. It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could use this to cause a buffer overrun. It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could use this to overwrite any file on the filesystem. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2017-12-18 CVE Reserved
  • 2018-03-30 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • 2025-07-12 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-113: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Request/Response Splitting')
CAPEC
References (22)
URL Date SRC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Ruby-lang
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Ruby
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>= 2.2.0 < 2.2.10
Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby" and version " >= 2.2.0 < 2.2.10"
-
Affected
Ruby-lang
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Ruby
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>= 2.3.0 < 2.3.7
Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby" and version " >= 2.3.0 < 2.3.7"
-
Affected
Ruby-lang
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Ruby
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>= 2.4.0 < 2.4.4
Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby" and version " >= 2.4.0 < 2.4.4"
-
Affected
Ruby-lang
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Ruby
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>= 2.5.0 < 2.5.1
Search vendor "Ruby-lang" for product "Ruby" and version " >= 2.5.0 < 2.5.1"
-
Affected
Ruby-lang
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Ruby
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2.6.0
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preview1
Affected
Debian
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Debian Linux
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7.0
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-
Affected