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CVE-2017-0899 Detail

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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Hyperlink Resource
http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100576 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585 Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1bcbc7fe637b03145401ec9c094066285934a7f1 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ef0aa611effb5f54d40c7fba6e8235eb43c5a491 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://hackerone.com/reports/226335 Exploit  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-150 Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences HackerOne  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-0899
NVD Published Date:
08/31/2017
NVD Last Modified:
10/09/2019
Source:
HackerOne