Code injection

The extractfiles function in installer.rb in RubyGems before 0.9.1 does not check whether files exist before overwriting them, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code via crafted GEM packages...

CVE-2007-0469

The extractfiles function in installer.rb in RubyGems before 0.9.1 does not check whether files exist before overwriting them, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code via crafted GEM packages...

CVE-2007-0469

The CVE-2007-0469 issue affects RubyGems before 0.9.1. The extract_files function in installer.rb can overwrite existing files without checking for their existence, allowing user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code via craft...

CVE-2007-0469 RubyGems: Specially-crafted Gem archive can overwrite system files

The extractfiles function in installer.rb in RubyGems before 0.9.1 does not check whether files exist before overwriting them, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code via crafted GEM packages...