Denial of service in RubyGems - CVE-2017-0900
Published: August 31, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8055
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0900
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Ruby
Affected software:
RubyGems
RubyGems
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can supply a specially crafted 'query' command and cause the service to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can supply a specially crafted 'query' command and cause the service to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-0900
Update to version 2.6.13.