RubyGems DoS vulnerability in the query command
Published: August 29, 2017
SECURITY IDENTIFIERS
- CVE: CVE-2017-0900 (NVD)
- GHSA: GHSA-p7f2-rr42-m9xm
- Vendor Advisory: https://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
GEM
LIBRARY
SEVERITY
PATCHED VERSIONS
>= 2.4.5.3
>= 2.5.2.1
>= 2.6.13
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.