SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2019-10780

CVE-2019-10780 — BibTeX-ruby before 5

BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby Kernel.open method through BibTeX.open.

CVSS
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EPSS
2.84% (top 13.90%)
CWE
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Published
2020-01-22T13:30:47.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T22:32:01.682Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby Kernel.open method through BibTeX.open.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / BibTeXruby — All versions prior to version 5.1.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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