Command injection in RubyGems - CVE-2015-9096
Published: September 6, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8122
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-9096
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Ruby
Affected software:
RubyGems
RubyGems
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper validation of user supplied input in the Net::SMTP function. A remote attacker can use CRLF sequences in a RCPT TO or MAIL FROM command and execute arbitrary SMTP commands on the system.
The weakness exists due to improper validation of user supplied input in the Net::SMTP function. A remote attacker can use CRLF sequences in a RCPT TO or MAIL FROM command and execute arbitrary SMTP commands on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-9096
Update to version 2.4.0.