RubyGems vulnerability in the gem installer that allowed a malicious gem to overwrite arbitrary files
Published: August 29, 2017
SECURITY IDENTIFIERS
- CVE: CVE-2017-0901 (NVD)
- GHSA: GHSA-pm9x-4392-2c2p
- 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 fails to validate specification names, allowing a maliciously crafted gem to potentially overwrite any file on the filesystem.