HIGH 7.5 RubyGems
RubyGems may allow a maliciously crafted gem to overwrite files
GHSA-pm9x-4392-2c2p · CVE-2017-0901
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Description
RubyGems versions 2.6.12 and earlier fail to validate specification names, allowing a maliciously crafted gem to potentially overwrite any file on the filesystem.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0901
- WEB https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2
- WEB https://hackerone.com/reports/243156
- WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
- WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
- WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
- WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
- PACKAGE https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
- WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
- WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1
- WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1
- WEB https://web.archive.org/web/20170907215801/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
- WEB https://web.archive.org/web/20170915000000*/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580#:~:text=1%20snapshot-,16%3A05%3A26,-Note
- WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
- WEB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611
- WEB http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
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