CVE-2017-0901 - AskarLabs CVE Database

CVE-2017-0901

Vendor Hackerone

Product RubyGems

Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal

Published August 31, 2017

Last update September 16, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier fails to validate specification names, allowing a maliciously crafted gem to potentially overwrite any file on the filesystem.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 31, 2017 CVE published

September 16, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0901 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html