CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-0901
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-08-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20, CWE-22
Description
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier fails to validate specification names, allowing a maliciously crafted gem to potentially overwrite any file on the filesystem.
Affected configurations
• rubygems rubygems (<= 2.6.12)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
• 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/100580 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/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/243156 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://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580 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/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/243156 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://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry