Arbitrary Argument Injection Affecting rubygems package, versions <0:2.0.14.1-37.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RUBYGEMS-5205728
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Mar 2019

Introduced: 5 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-8321  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-88  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rubygems to version 0:2.0.14.1-37.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:2769.

NVD Description

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

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

CVSS Scores

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