The vulnerability of the RubyGems package management system’s installation mechanism allows a hacker to write any files into the device’s file system.

The vulnerability of the RubyGems package management system is related to errors in restricting the path name of the restricted directory. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to write any files into the device’s file system...

CVE-2012-6135

RubyGems passenger 4.0.0 betas 1 and 2 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files during the startup process...

CVE-2012-6135

RubyGems passenger 4.0.0 betas 1 and 2 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files during the startup process...

Code injection

RubyGems passenger 4.0.0 betas 1 and 2 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files during the startup process...

CVE-2012-6135

RubyGems passenger 4.0.0 betas 1 and 2 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files during the startup process...

CVE-2012-6135

CVE-2012-6135 affects Phusion Passenger RubyGem (RubyGems passenger) versions 4.0.0 beta1/beta2. The startup routine can be abused to delete arbitrary files. Exploitation context varies by source: NVD/SUSE/GHSA imply remote access, while the RubySec advisory notes a local attacker during startup....

rubygems: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in verbose

An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. Since Gem::UserInteractionverbose calls say without escaping, escape sequence injection is possible...

rubygems: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in API response handling

An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. Gem::GemcutterUtilitieswithresponse may output the API response to stdout as it is. Therefore, if the API side modifies the response, escape sequence injection may occur...

new module: ruby:2.6

An update is available for rubygem-bson, rubygem-mysql2, ruby, rubygem-mongo, rubygem-pg, rubygem-abrt. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list This...

CVE-2019-8324

A flaw was found in RubyGems. A crafted gem with a multi-line name is not handled correctly allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary code to the stub line of gemspec. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability...

CVE-2018-1000077

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ruby gems specification homepage attribute that can...

CVE-2017-0901

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...

CVE-2018-1000079

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in gem installation that can result in the gem could write to...

CVE-2017-0899

A vulnerability was found where rubygems did not properly sanitize gems' specification text. A specially crafted gem could interact with the terminal via the use of escape sequences...

ruby, rubygem, rubygems security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2019:2028 An update for ruby is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

GHSA-333G-RPR4-7HXQ rest-client Gem Contains Malicious Code

The rest-client gem 1.6.10 through 1.6.13 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. Users of an affected version should consider downgrading to the last non-affected version of 1.6.9, or upgrading to 1.7.x. Additionally, a set of other...

Code execution backdoor in doge-coin

The doge-coin gem 1.0.2 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. Users of an affected version should consider downgrading to the last non-affected version of 1.0.1...

Code execution backdoor in lita_coin

The litacoin gem 0.0.3 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. No unaffected version is known to exist, as the gem appears to have been entirely removed...

Code execution backdoor in coming-soon

The coming-soon gem 0.2.8 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. No unaffected version is known to exist, as the gem appears to have been entirely removed...

Code execution backdoor in awesome-bot

The awesome-bot gem 1.18.0 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. Users of an affected version should consider downgrading to the last non-affected version of 1.17.2 or upgrading to 1.19.x...