Is excon affected by CVE-2019-16779?

RubyGems excon is affected in <0.71.0.

Is CVE-2019-16779 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 1.4%.

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CVE-2019-16779

Q: Is CVE-2019-16779 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 1.4%.

RubyGems · excon

Summary

In RubyGem excon, interrupted Persistent Connections May Leak Response Data

Severity: medium
EPSS: 1.4% (p69)
Also known as: GHSA-q58g-455p-8vw9
Published: 2019-12-16

References

https://github.com/excon/excon/security/advisories/GHSA-q58g-455p-8vw9
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16779
https://github.com/excon/excon/commit/ccb57d7a422f020dc74f1de4e8fb505ab46d8a29

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.