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CVE-2018-1000079
published 2018-03-13

CVE-2018-1000079: RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and…

PriorityP430medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNIHAN
EPSS
2.83%
85.1th percentile
RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in gem installation that can result in the gem could write to arbitrary filesystem locations during installation. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must install a malicious gem. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

Affected

13 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianjruby< jruby 9.1.17.0-1 (bookworm)jruby 9.1.17.0-1 (bookworm)
debianrubygems< jruby 9.1.17.0-1 (bookworm)jruby 9.1.17.0-1 (bookworm)
jrubyjruby>= 0 < 9.1.17.0-19.1.17.0-1
jrubyjruby>= 0 < 9.1.17.0-19.1.17.0-1
jrubyjruby>= 0 < 9.1.17.0-19.1.17.0-1
rubygemsrubygems<= 2.2.9
rubygemsrubygems<= 2.3.6
rubygemsrubygems<= 2.4.3
rubygemsrubygems<= 2.5.0
rubygemsrubygems>= 0 < 3.2.0~rc.1-13.2.0~rc.1-1
rubygemsrubygems>= 0 < 3.2.0~rc.1-13.2.0~rc.1-1
rubygemsrubygems>= 0 < 3.2.0~rc.1-13.2.0~rc.1-1
rubygemsrubygems>= 0 < 3.2.0~rc.1-13.2.0~rc.1-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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