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Bug 1487587 - (CVE-2017-0901) CVE-2017-0901 rubygems: Arbitrary file overwrite due to incorrect validation of specification name
CVE-2017-0901 rubygems: Arbitrary file overwrite due to incorrect validation ...
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
unspecified
All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20170901,repor...
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Depends On: 1487591 1487592 1487593 1502045 1509450 1509451 1534437 1534438 1534937 1534938 1534940 1534941
Blocks: 1487526 1487605
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Reported: 2017-09-01 06:54 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2018-03-26 06:21 EDT (History)
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Fixed In Version: rubygems 2.6.13, ruby 2.4.2, ruby 2.2.8, ruby 2.3.5
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It was found that rubygems did not sanitize gem names during installation of a given gem. A specially crafted gem could use this flaw to install files outside of the regular directory.
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Last Closed: 2017-12-20 04:25:00 EST
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External Trackers
Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2017:3485 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: rh-ruby24-ruby security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2017-12-19 08:37:01 EST
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:0378 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: ruby security update 2018-02-28 20:06:17 EST
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:0583 None None None 2018-03-26 05:43 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:0585 None None None 2018-03-26 06:21 EDT

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Description Adam Mariš 2017-09-01 06:54:58 EDT
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier fails to validate specification
names, allowing a maliciously crafted gem to potentially overwrite any
file on the filesystem.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2

Bug report:

https://hackerone.com/reports/243156

External References:

http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-09-01 07:02:52 EDT
Created ruby193-rubygems tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: openshift-1 [bug 1487592]


Created rubygems tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1487591]
Affects: openshift-1 [bug 1487593]
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2017-12-19 03:37:42 EST
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUS

Via RHSA-2017:3485 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
Comment 7 Cedric Buissart 2017-12-20 04:29:12 EST
Statement:

This issue affects the versions of ruby as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and 7 and the versions of rh-ruby22-ruby and rh-ruby23-ruby as shipped with Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2018-02-28 15:01:37 EST
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:0378 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2018-03-26 05:43:30 EDT
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUS

Via RHSA-2018:0583 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2018-03-26 06:21:41 EDT
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUS

Via RHSA-2018:0585 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585

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