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 rubygems-develUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade ruby-debuginfoUpgrade rubygemsUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade rubygem-rakeUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade rubygem-jsonUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade rubygem-io-console | Apr 27, 2020 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade ruby24Upgrade ruby20Upgrade ruby22Upgrade ruby23 | Apr 6, 2018 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade rubygems-develUpgrade rubygem-rakeUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade rubygem-io-consoleUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade ruby-debuginfoUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade rubygem-jsonUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade rubyUpgrade rubygemsUpgrade ruby-tcltk | Aug 28, 2019 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade jrubyUpgrade rubygems | Jun 9, 2018 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade ruby-libsUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-irb | Nov 3, 2020 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade ruby-libs | Nov 19, 2019 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade ruby-irb | 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 rubygem-io-consoleUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade rubygem-jsonUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade rubygem-rakeUpgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade rubygemsUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade rubygems-develUpgrade rubygem-rdoc | Jul 21, 2020 | Feb 15, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade ruby-develUpgrade ruby-debuginfoUpgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade rubygems-develNo solution existsUpgrade rubygemsUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade rubygem-io-consoleUpgrade rubygem-rakeUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade rubygem-json | Aug 7, 2019 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libruby2_5-2_5Upgrade ruby2.5-stdlibUpgrade ruby2.5-develUpgrade ruby2.5Upgrade ruby2.1-stdlibUpgrade ruby2.5-devel-extraUpgrade yast2-ruby-bindingsUpgrade ruby2.5-docUpgrade ruby2.5-doc-riUpgrade libruby2_1-2_1Upgrade ruby2.1-develUpgrade ruby2.1Upgrade ruby-bundled-gems-rpmhelper | Jul 22, 2019 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade ruby1.9.3Upgrade libruby2.0Upgrade ruby2.3Upgrade libruby2.3Upgrade libruby1.9.1Upgrade ruby2.0Upgrade ruby1.9.1 | Apr 25, 2018 | Mar 13, 2018 |
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