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CVE-2019-8324

An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. A crafted gem with a multi-line name is not handled cor

An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. A crafted gem with a multi-line name is not handled correctly. Therefore, an attacker could inject arbitrary code to the stub line of gemspec, which is eval-ed by code in ensure_loadable_spec during the preinstall check.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.00501
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
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Affected Products & Versions

4
rubygems>= 2.6.0 and <= 3.0.2
debian linuxall versions
opensuse leapall versions
redhat enterprise linuxall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
RubyGems rubygems-update HIGH fixed in 2.7.9
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD17 Jun 2019 · 07:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

11
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2019:1771-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:1804-1
usnUSN-3945-1
rhsaRHSA-2019:1148Moderate
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/328571Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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