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 Directory Traversal vulnerability in gem installation that can result in the gem could write to arbitrary filesystem locations during installation. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must install a malicious gem. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade rubygem-jsonUpgrade rubygem-rakeUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade rubygem-io-consoleUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade rubygemsUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade ruby-debuginfoUpgrade rubygems-develUpgrade ruby-devel | Apr 27, 2020 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade ruby22Upgrade ruby24Upgrade ruby20Upgrade ruby23 | Apr 6, 2018 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade rubygem-jsonUpgrade rubygemsUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade rubygem-io-consoleUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade ruby-debuginfoUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade rubygems-develUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade rubygem-rake | Aug 28, 2019 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade rubygemsUpgrade jruby | Jun 9, 2018 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-libs | Nov 3, 2020 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade ruby-irb | Nov 19, 2019 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-libs | Nov 19, 2019 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade entire/ to version 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.15.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Oct 19, 2018 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade rubygemsUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade rubygems-develUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade rubygem-rakeUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade rubygem-jsonUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubygem-io-console | Jul 21, 2020 | Feb 15, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade rubygem-jsonUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubygem-io-consoleUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade rubyUpgrade rubygem-rakeUpgrade rubygemsUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade rubygems-develUpgrade ruby-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade ruby-devel | Aug 7, 2019 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade ruby2.5Upgrade ruby2.5-docUpgrade ruby2.5-develUpgrade ruby2.1-stdlibUpgrade yast2-ruby-bindingsUpgrade ruby2.5-stdlibUpgrade ruby2.5-devel-extraUpgrade libruby2_5-2_5Upgrade libruby2_1-2_1Upgrade ruby2.1-develUpgrade ruby2.5-doc-riUpgrade ruby2.1Upgrade ruby-bundled-gems-rpmhelper | Jul 22, 2019 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade ruby2.3Upgrade ruby1.9.3Upgrade libruby2.3Upgrade libruby2.0Upgrade ruby2.0Upgrade libruby1.9.1Upgrade ruby1.9.1 | Apr 25, 2018 | Mar 13, 2018 |
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