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Critical RHSA-2017:3485 8 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-ruby24-ruby security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Sep 13, 2024 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Fixed packages 42

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-ruby 0:2.4.2-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-ruby-debuginfo 0:2.4.2-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-ruby-devel 0:2.4.2-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-ruby-doc 0:2.4.2-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-ruby-irb 0:2.4.2-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-ruby-libs 0:2.4.2-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-rubygem-bigdecimal 0:1.3.0-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-rubygem-did_you_mean 0:1.1.0-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-rubygem-io-console 0:0.4.6-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-rubygem-json 0:2.0.4-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-rubygem-minitest 0:5.10.1-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-rubygem-net-telnet 0:0.1.1-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-rubygem-openssl 0:2.0.5-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-rubygem-power_assert 0:0.4.1-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-rubygem-psych 0:2.2.2-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-rubygem-rake 0:12.0.0-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-rubygem-rdoc 0:5.0.0-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-rubygem-test-unit 0:3.2.3-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-rubygem-xmlrpc 0:0.2.1-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-rubygems 0:2.6.14-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el6 rh-ruby24-rubygems-devel 0:2.6.14-86.el6
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-ruby 0:2.4.2-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-ruby-debuginfo 0:2.4.2-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-ruby-devel 0:2.4.2-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-ruby-doc 0:2.4.2-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-ruby-irb 0:2.4.2-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-ruby-libs 0:2.4.2-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-rubygem-bigdecimal 0:1.3.0-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-rubygem-did_you_mean 0:1.1.0-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-rubygem-io-console 0:0.4.6-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-rubygem-json 0:2.0.4-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-rubygem-minitest 0:5.10.1-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-rubygem-net-telnet 0:0.1.1-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-rubygem-openssl 0:2.0.5-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-rubygem-power_assert 0:0.4.1-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-rubygem-psych 0:2.2.2-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-rubygem-rake 0:12.0.0-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-rubygem-rdoc 0:5.0.0-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-rubygem-test-unit 0:3.2.3-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-rubygem-xmlrpc 0:0.2.1-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-rubygems 0:2.6.14-86.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 3 rhel_software_collections:3::el7 rh-ruby24-rubygems-devel 0:2.6.14-86.el7

Vulnerabilities 8

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2017-0899 EPSS 11%

    RubyGems Code Injection vulnerability

    RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications that include terminal escape characters. Printing the gem specification would execute terminal escape sequences.

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2017-0903 EPSS 16%

    RubyGems vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data

    RubyGems versions between 2.0.0 and 2.6.13 are vulnerable to a possible remote code execution vulnerability. YAML deserialization of gem specifications can bypass class white lists. Specially crafted serialized objects can possibly be used to escalate to remo…

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2017-10784 EPSS 16%

    WEBrick RCE Vulnerability

    The Basic authentication code in WEBrick library in Ruby before 2.2.8, 2.3.x before 2.3.5, and 2.4.x through 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to inject terminal emulator escape sequences into its log and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a crafted user nam…

  • High 8.1

    RubyGems has Origin Validation Error vulnerability

    RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to a DNS hijacking vulnerability that allows a MITM attacker to force the RubyGems client to download and install gems from a server that the attacker controls.

  • High 7.5

    RubyGems Improper Input Validation vulnerability

    RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications to cause a denial of service attack against RubyGems clients who have issued a `query` command.

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2017-0901 Public exploit EPSS 29%

    RubyGems may allow a maliciously crafted gem to overwrite files

    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.

  • Unscored —

    Ruby before 2.4.2, 2.3.5, and 2.2.8 is vulnerable to a malicious format string which contains a precious specifier (*) …

  • Unscored —

    Ruby through 2.2.7, 2.3.x through 2.3.4, and 2.4.x through 2.4.1 can expose arbitrary memory during a JSON.generate cal…

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1487552
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1487587
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1487588
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1487589
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1487590
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492012
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492015
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500488
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506785
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2017/rhsa-2017_3485.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0898
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0898
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0898
  • article
    https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/09/14/sprintf-buffer-underrun-cve-2017-0898/
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0899
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0899
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0899
  • article
    http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0900
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0900
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0900
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0901
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0901
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0901
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0902
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0902
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0902
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0903
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0903
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0903
  • article
    http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/10/09/2.6.14-released.html
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10784
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10784
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10784
  • article
    https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/09/14/webrick-basic-auth-escape-sequence-injection-cve-2017-10784/
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14064
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14064
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14064