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CVE-2017-0901

Assigner Org ID-36234546-b8fa-4601-9d6f-f4e334aa8ea1

Published At-31 Aug, 2017 | 20:00

Updated At-16 Sep, 2024 | 20:22

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.

EPSS History

Score

Latest Score

N/A

Percentile

Latest Percentile

N/A

▼Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

cve.org

Assigner:hackerone

Assigner Org ID:36234546-b8fa-4601-9d6f-f4e334aa8ea1

Published At:31 Aug, 2017 | 20:00

Updated At:16 Sep, 2024 | 20:22

▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

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.

Affected Products

Vendor

HackerOne

Product

RubyGems

Versions

Affected

Versions before 2.6.13

Problem Types

Type	CWE ID	Description
CWE	CWE-22	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'Ûª) (CWE-22)

Type: CWE

CWE ID: CWE-22

Description: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'Ûª) (CWE-22)

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611/	exploit x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249	vdb-entry x_refsource_SECTRACK
https://hackerone.com/reports/243156	x_refsource_MISC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2	x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01	vendor-advisory x_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580	vdb-entry x_refsource_BID
http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html	x_refsource_MISC

Hyperlink: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

Hyperlink: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

Hyperlink: https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

Hyperlink: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611/

Resource:

exploit

x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Hyperlink: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

Hyperlink: https://hackerone.com/reports/243156

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

Hyperlink: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

Hyperlink: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

Hyperlink: http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)

CVE Program Container

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU x_transferred
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/	vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU x_transferred
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN x_transferred
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611/	exploit x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB x_transferred
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249	vdb-entry x_refsource_SECTRACK x_transferred
https://hackerone.com/reports/243156	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html	mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01	vendor-advisory x_refsource_GENTOO x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580	vdb-entry x_refsource_BID x_transferred
http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611/

Resource:

exploit

x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://hackerone.com/reports/243156

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html

Resource:

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

x_transferred

▼National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

nvd.nist.gov

Source:support@hackerone.com

Published At:31 Aug, 2017 | 20:29

Updated At:20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.0	7.5	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Primary	2.0	6.4	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Type: Primary

Version: 3.0

Base score: 7.5

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 6.4

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CPE Matches

rubygems>>rubygems>>Versions up to 2.6.12(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:rubygems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Debian GNU/Linux

>>debian_linux>>8.0

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Debian GNU/Linux

>>debian_linux>>9.0

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Canonical Ltd.

>>ubuntu_linux>>14.04

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Canonical Ltd.

>>ubuntu_linux>>16.04

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Canonical Ltd.

>>ubuntu_linux>>17.10

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Red Hat, Inc.

>>enterprise_linux_desktop>>7.0

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Red Hat, Inc.

>>enterprise_linux_server>>7.0

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Red Hat, Inc.

>>enterprise_linux_server_aus>>7.4

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Red Hat, Inc.

>>enterprise_linux_server_aus>>7.6

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Red Hat, Inc.

>>enterprise_linux_server_eus>>7.4

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Red Hat, Inc.

>>enterprise_linux_server_eus>>7.5

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Red Hat, Inc.

>>enterprise_linux_server_eus>>7.6

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Red Hat, Inc.

>>enterprise_linux_server_tus>>7.4

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Red Hat, Inc.

>>enterprise_linux_server_tus>>7.6

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Red Hat, Inc.

>>enterprise_linux_workstation>>7.0

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-22	Secondary	support@hackerone.com
CWE-20	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: CWE-22

Type: Secondary

Source: support@hackerone.com

CWE ID: CWE-20

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

References

Hyperlink	Source	Resource
http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html	support@hackerone.com	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580	support@hackerone.com	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249	support@hackerone.com	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485	support@hackerone.com	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378	support@hackerone.com	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583	support@hackerone.com	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585	support@hackerone.com	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2	support@hackerone.com	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/243156	support@hackerone.com	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html	support@hackerone.com	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01	support@hackerone.com	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/	support@hackerone.com	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/	support@hackerone.com	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966	support@hackerone.com	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611/	support@hackerone.com	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/243156	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611/	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Hyperlink: http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html

Source: support@hackerone.com

Resource:

Patch

Vendor Advisory

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580

Source: support@hackerone.com

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

VDB Entry

Hyperlink: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249

Source: support@hackerone.com

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

VDB Entry

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485

Source: support@hackerone.com

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378

Source: support@hackerone.com

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583

Source: support@hackerone.com

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585

Source: support@hackerone.com

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2

Source: support@hackerone.com

Resource:

Patch

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://hackerone.com/reports/243156

Source: support@hackerone.com

Resource:

Exploit

Patch

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html

Source: support@hackerone.com

Resource:

Mailing List

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01

Source: support@hackerone.com

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/

Source: support@hackerone.com

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/

Source: support@hackerone.com

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966

Source: support@hackerone.com

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611/

Source: support@hackerone.com

Resource:

Exploit

Third Party Advisory

VDB Entry

Hyperlink: http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Patch

Vendor Advisory

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

VDB Entry

Hyperlink: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

VDB Entry

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Patch

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://hackerone.com/reports/243156

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Exploit

Patch

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Mailing List

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Third Party Advisory

Hyperlink: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Resource:

Exploit

Third Party Advisory

VDB Entry

CVE-2017-0901

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