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CVE-2017-0899

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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.

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

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

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

https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ef0aa611effb5f54d40c7fba6e8235eb43c5a491

https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1bcbc7fe637b03145401ec9c094066285934a7f1

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

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

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

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

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100576

https://hackerone.com/reports/226335

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-08-31

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.12397

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