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    CVE-2018-1000078

    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 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gem server display of homepage attribute that can result in XSS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must browse to a malicious gem on a vulnerable gem server. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

    Published:Feb 15, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Mar 13, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00763
    CVSS Score:6.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel E4s
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Software Collections
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Tus
    Vendor
    Rubygems
    Product
    Rubygems

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663
    https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/66a28b9275551384fdab45f3591a82d6b59952cb
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00000.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00001.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00028.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
    https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
    http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663
    https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/66a28b9275551384fdab45f3591a82d6b59952cb
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00000.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00001.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00028.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
    https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
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