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CVE-2018-1000078 Detail

Description

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gem server display of homepage attribute that can result in XSS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must browse to a malicious gem on a vulnerable gem server. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/66a28b9275551384fdab45f3591a82d6b59952cb Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00028.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-1000078
NVD Published Date:
03/13/2018
NVD Last Modified:
05/20/2019
Source:
MITRE