MGASA-2021-0124

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    MGASA-2021-0124

    Published: 12 Mar 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-21289

    Summary: Updated ruby-mechanize packages fix a security vulnerability

    Details: In Mechanize, from v2.0.0 until v2.7.7, there is a command injection vulnerability. Affected versions of Mechanize allow for OS commands to be injected using several classes' methods which implicitly use Ruby's Kernel#open method (CVE-2021-21289).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0124.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28448, https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2561

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby-mechanize

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ruby-mechanize?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.6-2.1.mga7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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