CVE-2018-1000076

rubygems: Improper verification of signatures in tarball allows to install mis-signed gem

Published Mar 13, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 2.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability in package.rb that can result in a mis-signed gem could be installed, as the tarball would contain multiple gem signatures.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1336-1 rubygems security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1337-1 jruby security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1358-1 ruby1.9.1 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1421-1 ruby2.1 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1796-1 jruby security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4219-1 jruby security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4259-1 ruby2.3 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-4540 RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability in package.rb that can result in a mis-signed gem could be installed, as the tarball would contain multiple gem signatures.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mc6j-h948-v2p6 RubyGems Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3621-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01181}

epss

{'score': 0.00906}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 12:33 PM
Reserved
Feb 21, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 13, 2018, 3:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:32 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 15, 2018, 12:00 AM