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CVE-2007-0469
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 9.3/10
- Exploit Score
- 8.6/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
| CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyforge:rubygems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:a:rubyforge:rubygems:0.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=9074
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0295
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116939816621060&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31688
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458128/100/0/threaded