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
2026-03-19T03:10:12.353129Z
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.

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
Fixed
ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
009080040279282d7b8ddd09acab41719cb4ba00
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.6.12"
        }
    ]
}

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

Database specific

unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "8.0"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.0"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "14.04"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "16.04"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "17.10"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.0"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.0"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.4"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.6"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.4"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.5"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.6"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.4"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.6"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.0"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-0901.json"