CVE-2017-0899
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0899
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-0899.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-0899
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-08-31T20:29:00.417Z
- Modified
- 2025-12-02T23:49:58.761194Z
- Severity
-
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications that include terminal escape characters. Printing the gem specification would execute terminal escape sequences.
- References
-
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100576
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1bcbc7fe637b03145401ec9c094066285934a7f1
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ef0aa611effb5f54d40c7fba6e8235eb43c5a491
- https://hackerone.com/reports/226335
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
Affected packages
Git / github.com/ruby/rubygems
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/ruby/rubygems
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedFixed
Affected versions
v1.*
v1.5.0
v1.5.1
v1.5.2
v1.6.0
v1.6.1
v1.6.2
v1.7.0
v1.7.1
v1.8.0
v1.8.1
v1.8.2
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.0.preview2
v2.0.0.preview2.1
v2.0.0.preview2.2
v2.0.0.rc.1
v2.0.0.rc.2
v2.0.1
v2.0.2
v2.0.3
v2.1.0
v2.1.0.rc.1
v2.1.0.rc.2
v2.1.1
v2.1.2
v2.1.3
v2.2.0.preview.1
v2.2.0.rc.1
v2.2.1
v2.3.0
v2.4.0
v2.4.1
v2.4.2
v2.4.3
v2.4.4
v2.4.5
v2.4.6
v2.5.0
v2.5.1
v2.5.2
v2.6.0
v2.6.1
v2.6.10
v2.6.11
v2.6.12
v2.6.2
v2.6.3
v2.6.4
v2.6.5
v2.6.6
v2.6.7
v2.6.8
v2.6.9