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CVE-2019-10780 (bibtex-ruby): OS command injection in BibTeX-Ruby

OS command injection in BibTeX-Ruby

Published: February 14, 2020

SECURITY IDENTIFIERS

GEM

bibtex-ruby

SEVERITY

CVSS v3.x: 9.8 (Critical)

PATCHED VERSIONS

>= 5.1.0

DESCRIPTION

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.