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Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affecting ruby-doc package, versions <0:2.0.0.648-36.el7

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.16% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RUBYDOC-4938689
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Feb 2018
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Introduced: 15 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-1000074  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-502  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ruby-doc to version 0:2.0.0.648-36.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2028.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-doc package and not the ruby-doc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in owner command that can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via victim must run the gem owner command on a gem with a specially crafted YAML file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.