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SUSE: CVE-2017-0901: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/31/2017
Created
07/10/2020
Added
06/10/2020
Modified
05/10/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libruby2_1-2_1
  • suse-upgrade-ruby2-1
  • suse-upgrade-ruby2-1-devel
  • suse-upgrade-ruby2-1-stdlib
  • suse-upgrade-yast2-ruby-bindings

References

  • SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
  • USN-3439-1
  • USN-3553-1
  • USN-3685-1
  • USN-3685-2
  • DSA-3966
  • CVE-2017-0901
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