CVE-2019-8325

An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. Since Gem::CommandManager#run calls alert_error without escaping, escape sequence injection is possible. (There are many ways to cause an error.)

Published: Jun 17, 2019
Updated: May 9, 2024
CVE: CVE-2019-8325
GHSA: GHSA-4wm8-fjv7-j774
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: High
Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-74

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
rubygems / rubygems	2.6.0	3.0.2.x
opensuse / leap	15.0	15.0.x
opensuse / leap	15.1	15.1.x
debian / debian_linux	9.0	9.0.x
rubygems-update	2.6.0	2.7.9
rubygems-update	3.0.0	3.0.2

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
https://hackerone.com/reports/317353
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.html

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CVE-2019-8325

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