CVE-2007-0469

RubyGems < 0.9.1 - Arbitrary File Overwrite via Crafted GEM Package

Title source: llm

Description

The extract_files function in installer.rb in RubyGems before 0.9.1 does not check whether files exist before overwriting them, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code via crafted GEM packages.

References (6)

Core 6

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=9074

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31688

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458128/100/0/threaded

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0295

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116939816621060&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0659

EPSS Percentile 91.3%

Details

Status published

Products (3)

rubyforge/rubygems 0.8.11

rubyforge/rubygems < 0.9.0

rubygems/rubygems-update 0 - 0.9.1RubyGems

Published Jan 24, 2007

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026