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CVE-2017-0901

Date: August 31, 2017

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.

Language: Ruby

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (24)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0901

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611/

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580

Url: https://hackerone.com/reports/243156

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20170907215801/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249

Url: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0901

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01

Url: http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585

Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20170915000000*/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580#:~:text=1%20snapshot-,16%3A05%3A26,-Note

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583

Url: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-0901

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

Path Traversal

CWE-22

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.4
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2017-0901

Date: August 31, 2017

Language: Ruby

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Related Resources (24)

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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