Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting rubygems-update package, versions >=2.6.0, <2.7.9 >=3.0.0, <3.0.3
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.23% (62nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-RUBYGEMSUPDATE-598864
- published 19 Aug 2020
- disclosed 20 Jun 2019
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 20 Jun 2019
CVE-2019-8323 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade rubygems-update to version 2.7.9, 3.0.3 or higher.
Overview
rubygems-update is an inbuilt rubygem for updating rubygems.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection. Gem::GemcutterUtilities#with_response may output the API response to stdout as it is. Therefore, if the API side modifies the response, escape sequence injection may occur.
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CVSS Scores
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