GHSA-pm9x-4392-2c2p
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Summary: RubyGems may allow a maliciously crafted gem to overwrite files
Details: RubyGems versions 2.6.12 and earlier fail to validate specification names, allowing a maliciously crafted gem to potentially overwrite any file on the filesystem.
References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0901, https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2, https://hackerone.com/reports/243156, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585, https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1, https://web.archive.org/web/20170907215801/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249, https://web.archive.org/web/20170915000000*/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580#:~:text=1%20snapshot-,16%3A05%3A26,-Note, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611, http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
Affected packages
Package
Name: rubygems-update
Purl: pkg:gem/rubygems-update
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
