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Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting rubygems-update package, versions <2.6.13

0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 2.01% (89th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-RUBYGEMSUPDATE-472643
  • published 13 Nov 2019
  • disclosed 27 Aug 2017
  • credit unknown
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Introduced: 27 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-0899 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-94 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade rubygems-update to version 2.6.13 or higher.

Overview

rubygems-update is an inbuilt rubygem for updating rubygems.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection. Is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications that include terminal escape characters. Printing the gem specification would execute terminal escape sequences.