CVE-2017-0899

rubygems: Escape sequence in the "summary" field of gemspec

Published Aug 31, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 11.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications that include terminal escape characters. Printing the gem specification would execute terminal escape sequences.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1114-1 ruby1.9.1 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1421-1 ruby2.1 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3966-1 ruby2.3 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-2994 RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications that include terminal escape characters. Printing the gem specification would execute terminal escape sequences.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7gcp-2gmq-w3xh RubyGems Code Injection vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3439-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.11571}

epss

{'score': 0.09672}