Security restrictions bypass in RubyGems - CVE-2017-0899

 

Security restrictions bypass in RubyGems - CVE-2017-0899

Published: August 31, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8056
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0899
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Ruby
Affected software:
RubyGems

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can escape ANSI.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-0899

Update to version 2.6.13.

Sources