CVE-2017-0901
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/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
- 2025-12-04T04:50:46.575658Z
- 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
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- http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580
- 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/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2
- https://hackerone.com/reports/243156
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611/
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 affectedFixed
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