CVE-2017-0899
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications that include terminal escape characters. Printing the gem specification would execute terminal escape sequences.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Red Hat Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.2.0~rc.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.2.0~rc.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.2.0~rc.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.2.0~rc.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.2.0~rc.1-1 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | rubygems-update | <>= 2.4.5.3 | >= 2.4.5.3 |
| RubyGems | rubygems-update | <2.6.13 | 2.6.13 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems | rubygems | {"endIncluding":"2.6.12"} | |
References
- https://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100576
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1bcbc7fe637b03145401ec9c094066285934a7f1
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ef0aa611effb5f54d40c7fba6e8235eb43c5a491
- https://hackerone.com/reports/226335
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0899.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0899
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170907215801/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170915000000*/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100576#:~:text=1%20snapshot-,11%3A49%3A33,-Note
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0899
CWEs
CWE-150 CWE-94
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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