Escape sequence injection vulnerability in errors
Published: March 05, 2019
SECURITY IDENTIFIERS
- CVE: CVE-2019-8325 (NVD)
- GHSA: GHSA-4wm8-fjv7-j774
- Vendor Advisory: https://blog.rubygems.org/2019/03/05/security-advisories-2019-03.html
GEM
LIBRARY
SEVERITY
CVSS v3.x: 7.5 (High)
UNAFFECTED VERSIONS
< 2.6
PATCHED VERSIONS
>= 3.0.3
~> 2.7.9
DESCRIPTION
An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. Since Gem::CommandManager#run calls alert_error without escaping, escape sequence injection is possible. (There are many ways to cause an error.)