vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2017-0901: Important: ruby security update (RHSA-2018:0378)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 31, 2017
Added
Mar 1, 2018
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

Description

RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier fails to validate specification names, allowing a maliciously crafted gem to potentially overwrite any file on the filesystem.

Solutions

no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-rubyredhat-upgrade-ruby-debuginforedhat-upgrade-ruby-develredhat-upgrade-ruby-docredhat-upgrade-ruby-irbredhat-upgrade-ruby-libsredhat-upgrade-ruby-tcltkredhat-upgrade-rubygem-bigdecimalredhat-upgrade-rubygem-io-consoleredhat-upgrade-rubygem-jsonredhat-upgrade-rubygem-minitestredhat-upgrade-rubygem-psychredhat-upgrade-rubygem-rakeredhat-upgrade-rubygem-rdocredhat-upgrade-rubygemsredhat-upgrade-rubygems-devel

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