Vulnerability in Rubyforge Rubygems
CVE-2007-0469
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.
EPSS: 0.048 (91.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Rubyforge Rubygems — versions 0.8.11
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC)