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Infinite Loop Affecting rubygems-update package, versions <2.7.6

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.12% (85th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
3.3 low
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-RUBYGEMSUPDATE-472644
  • published 13 Nov 2019
  • disclosed 15 Feb 2018
  • credit Samuel Giddins
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Introduced: 15 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-1000075 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-835 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade rubygems-update to version 2.7.6 or higher.

Overview

rubygems-update is an inbuilt rubygem for updating rubygems.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Infinite Loop. Contains a infinite loop caused by negative size vulnerability in ruby gem package tar_header that can result in a negative size could cause an infinite loop.