vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-27b12d04-4722-11e9-8b7c-b5e01141761f (CVE-2019-8324): RubyGems -- multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 15, 2019 | Mar 16, 2019 | Jun 15, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 15, 2019
Added
Mar 16, 2019
Modified
Jun 15, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. A crafted gem with a multi-line name is not handled correctly. Therefore, an attacker could inject arbitrary code to the stub line of gemspec, which is eval-ed by code in ensure_loadable_spec during the preinstall check.
Solutions
freebsd-upgrade-package-ruby23-gemsfreebsd-upgrade-package-ruby24-gemsfreebsd-upgrade-package-ruby25-gems
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