CVE-2017-0900 — Improper Input Validation in Rubygems

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-138 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements11 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV9.1
EPSS
11.2%
top 6.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
RubygemsDebian LinuxRedhat Enterprise Linux Desktop+5 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 31
Latest updateMay 14

Description

RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications to cause a denial of service attack against RubyGems clients who have issued a `query` command.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶Debianrubygems/rubygems< 3.2.0~rc.1-1+3
▶NVDrubygems/rubygems2.6.12

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Enterprise Linux 7.4, 7.6, 7.5

Patches

Patch: blog.rubygems.org ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: blog.rubygems.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
RubyGems Improper Input Validation vulnerability↗2022-05-14
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OSV
RubyGems Improper Input Validation vulnerability↗2022-05-14
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OSV
ruby1.9.1 vulnerabilities↗2017-10-05
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OSV
CVE-2017-0900: RubyGems version 2↗2017-08-31
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CVEList
CVE-2017-0900: RubyGems version 2↗2017-08-31
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Ruby vulnerabilities↗2017-10-05
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Red Hat
rubygems: No size limit in summary length of gem spec↗2017-09-01
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Debian
CVE-2017-0900: rubygems - RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem spe...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-0899 CVE-2017-0900 CVE-2017-0901 CVE-2017-0902 rubygems: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-09-01
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-0900 rubygems: No size limit in summary length of gem spec↗2017-09-01
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