CVE-2017-0901

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0901
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-0901.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-0901
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-08-31T20:29:00.557Z
Modified
2026-05-07T04:38:32.628657Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "14.04"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "17.10"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.4"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.6"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.4"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.5"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.6"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.4"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.6"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/ruby/rubygems

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/ruby/rubygems
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
fc665e69ac4000ba76e2ffb0b0adec1543e7be6f
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.6.12"
        }
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:rubygems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_FIELD"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-0901.json"