GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems
GHSA-95vx-q4c2-64gr RubyGems file overwrite vulnerability
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2007-0469
- Ecosystem
- RubyGems
- Packages
- rubygems-update
- Severity
- Moderate
- Reviewed
- 2023-03-08
Affected packages
• RubyGems rubygems-update: < 0.9.1 → fixed in 0.9.1
Description
The `extract_files` function in `installer.rb` in RubyGems before 0.9.1 does not check whether files exist before overwriting them, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code via crafted GEM packages.
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Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2007-0469 The extract_files function in installer.rb in RubyGems before 0.9.1 does not check whether files exist before overwriting them, which… vulnerability
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0469 advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31688 web
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems package
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070210090150/http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?group_id=126&release_id=9074 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201207172116/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458128/100/0/threaded web
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116939816621060&w=2 web
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html web