CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-0899
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-08-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-150, CWE-94
Description
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications that include terminal escape characters. Printing the gem specification would execute terminal escape sequences.
Affected configurations
• rubygems rubygems (<= 2.6.12)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
Related
References
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100576 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1bcbc7fe637b03145401ec9c094066285934a7f1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ef0aa611effb5f54d40c7fba6e8235eb43c5a491 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/226335 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966 Third Party Advisory
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100576 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1bcbc7fe637b03145401ec9c094066285934a7f1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ef0aa611effb5f54d40c7fba6e8235eb43c5a491 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/226335 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966 Third Party Advisory