CVE-2017-0900
HIGH7.5EPSS 14.0%rubygems - security update
Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications to cause a denial of service attack against RubyGems clients who have issued a `query` command.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/rubyfrom 0, < 2.4.2-r0
- Debian/rubygemsfrom 0, < 3.2.0~rc.1-1
- Debian/rubygemsfrom 0, < 1.8.24-1+deb7u1
- RubyGems/rubygems-updatefrom 0, < 2.6.13
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (16)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0900
- ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-0900
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0900
- PATCHhttps://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
- WEBhttp://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
- WEBhttps://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/8a38a4fc24c6591e6c8f43d1fadab6efeb4d6251
- WEBhttps://hackerone.com/reports/243003
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20190212090616/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200227143907/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100579
- WEBhttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966