CVE-2017-0901
HIGH7.5EPSS 20.2%RubyGems may allow a maliciously crafted gem to overwrite files
Published: 5/13/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/rubyfrom 0, < 2.4.2-r0
- Debian/rubygemsfrom 0, < 3.2.0~rc.1-1
- 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:H/A:N |
References (19)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0901
- ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-0901
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0901
- 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/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2
- WEBhttps://hackerone.com/reports/243156
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
- WEBhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1
- WEBhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20170907215801/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20170915000000*/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580#:~:text=1%20snapshot-,16%3A05%3A26,-Note
- WEBhttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
- WEBhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611