Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package jruby (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1810-JRUBY-384416
- published31 Aug 2017
- disclosed31 Aug 2017
Introduced: 31 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-0901 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jruby package and not the jruby package as distributed by Ubuntu.
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier fails to validate specification names, allowing a maliciously crafted gem to potentially overwrite any file on the filesystem.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-0901
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0901
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0901
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2
- https://hackerone.com/reports/243156
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100580
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/