CVE-2017-0901
Public on 2017-08-31
Modified on 2018-01-18
Description
It was found that rubygems did not sanitize gem names during installation of a given gem. A specially crafted gem could use this flaw to install files outside of the regular directory.
CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | ruby22 | 2017-10-02 | ALAS-2017-906 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | ruby23 | 2017-10-02 | ALAS-2017-906 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | ruby24 | 2017-10-26 | ALAS-2017-915 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |