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Medium · 6.1 CVE-2018-1000078 EUVD-2022-3139GHSA-87qx-g5wg-mwmj

RubyGems Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Published Mar 13, 2018 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gem server display of homepage attribute that can result in XSS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must browse to a malicious gem on a vulnerable gem server. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 jruby 9.1.17.0-1 —
Debian 14 rubygems 3.2.0~rc.1-1 —
Debian 13 jruby 9.1.17.0-1 —
Debian 13 rubygems 3.2.0~rc.1-1 —
Debian 12 jruby 9.1.17.0-1 —
Debian 12 rubygems 3.2.0~rc.1-1 —
Debian 9 jruby 1.7.26-1+deb9u1 DSA-4219-1
Debian 9 ruby2.3 2.3.3-1+deb9u3 DSA-4259-1
Debian 8 jruby 1.5.6-9+deb8u1 DLA-1796-1
Debian 8 ruby2.1 2.1.5-2+deb8u4 DLA-1421-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 7 jruby 1.5.6-5+deb7u1 DLA-1337-1
Debian 7 ruby1.9.1 1.9.3.194-8.1+deb7u8 DLA-1358-1
Debian 7 rubygems 1.8.24-1+deb7u2 DLA-1336-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS jruby No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS jruby No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ruby2.3 2.3.1-2~16.04.7 USN-3621-1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ruby1.9.1 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.8 USN-3621-1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ruby2.0 2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.6 USN-3621-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS jruby 1.5.6-9+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 7 ruby +5 2.0.0.648-36.el7 RHSA-2019:2028
RHEL 7 rubygem-bigdecimal 1.2.0-36.el7 RHSA-2019:2028
RHEL 7 rubygem-io-console 0.4.2-36.el7 RHSA-2019:2028
RHEL 7 rubygem-json 1.7.7-36.el7 RHSA-2019:2028
RHEL 7 rubygem-minitest 4.3.2-36.el7 RHSA-2019:2028
RHEL 7 rubygem-psych 2.0.0-36.el7 RHSA-2019:2028
RHEL 7 rubygem-rake 0.9.6-36.el7 RHSA-2019:2028
RHEL 7 rubygem-rdoc 4.0.0-36.el7 RHSA-2019:2028
RHEL 7 rubygems +1 2.0.14.1-36.el7 RHSA-2019:2028
RHEL 3 rh-ruby23-ruby +5 2.3.8-69.el6 RHSA-2018:3729
RHEL 3 rh-ruby23-rubygem-bigdecimal 1.2.8-69.el6 RHSA-2018:3729
RHEL 3 rh-ruby23-rubygem-did_you_mean 1.0.0-69.el6 RHSA-2018:3729
RHEL 3 rh-ruby23-rubygem-io-console 0.4.5-69.el6 RHSA-2018:3729
RHEL 3 rh-ruby23-rubygem-json 1.8.3.1-69.el6 RHSA-2018:3729
RHEL 3 rh-ruby23-rubygem-minitest 5.8.5-69.el6 RHSA-2018:3729
RHEL 3 rh-ruby23-rubygem-net-telnet 0.1.1-69.el6 RHSA-2018:3729
RHEL 3 rh-ruby23-rubygem-power_assert 0.2.6-69.el6 RHSA-2018:3729
RHEL 3 rh-ruby23-rubygem-psych 2.1.0.1-69.el6 RHSA-2018:3729
RHEL 3 rh-ruby23-rubygem-rake 10.4.2-69.el6 RHSA-2018:3729
RHEL 3 rh-ruby23-rubygem-rdoc 4.2.1-69.el6 RHSA-2018:3729
RHEL 3 rh-ruby23-rubygem-test-unit 3.1.5-69.el6 RHSA-2018:3729
RHEL 3 rh-ruby23-rubygems +1 2.5.2.3-69.el6 RHSA-2018:3729
RHEL 3 rh-ruby24-ruby +4 2.4.5-91.el6 RHSA-2018:3730
RHEL 3 rh-ruby24-rubygem-bigdecimal 1.3.2-91.el6 RHSA-2018:3730
RHEL 3 rh-ruby24-rubygem-did_you_mean 1.1.0-91.el6 RHSA-2018:3730
RHEL 3 rh-ruby24-rubygem-io-console 0.4.6-91.el6 RHSA-2018:3730
RHEL 3 rh-ruby24-rubygem-json 2.0.4-91.el6 RHSA-2018:3730
RHEL 3 rh-ruby24-rubygem-minitest 5.10.1-91.el6 RHSA-2018:3730
RHEL 3 rh-ruby24-rubygem-net-telnet 0.1.1-91.el6 RHSA-2018:3730
RHEL 3 rh-ruby24-rubygem-openssl 2.0.9-91.el6 RHSA-2018:3730
RHEL 3 rh-ruby24-rubygem-power_assert 0.4.1-91.el6 RHSA-2018:3730
RHEL 3 rh-ruby24-rubygem-psych 2.2.2-91.el6 RHSA-2018:3730
RHEL 3 rh-ruby24-rubygem-rake 12.0.0-91.el6 RHSA-2018:3730
RHEL 3 rh-ruby24-rubygem-rdoc 5.0.0-91.el6 RHSA-2018:3730
RHEL 3 rh-ruby24-rubygem-test-unit 3.2.3-91.el6 RHSA-2018:3730
RHEL 3 rh-ruby24-rubygem-xmlrpc 0.2.1-91.el6 RHSA-2018:3730
RHEL 3 rh-ruby24-rubygems +1 2.6.14.3-91.el6 RHSA-2018:3730
RHEL 3 rh-ruby25-ruby +4 2.5.3-6.el7 RHSA-2018:3731
RHEL 3 rh-ruby25-rubygem-bigdecimal 1.3.4-6.el7 RHSA-2018:3731
RHEL 3 rh-ruby25-rubygem-did_you_mean 1.2.0-6.el7 RHSA-2018:3731
RHEL 3 rh-ruby25-rubygem-io-console 0.4.6-6.el7 RHSA-2018:3731
RHEL 3 rh-ruby25-rubygem-json 2.1.0-6.el7 RHSA-2018:3731
RHEL 3 rh-ruby25-rubygem-minitest 5.10.3-6.el7 RHSA-2018:3731
RHEL 3 rh-ruby25-rubygem-net-telnet 0.1.1-6.el7 RHSA-2018:3731
RHEL 3 rh-ruby25-rubygem-openssl 2.1.2-6.el7 RHSA-2018:3731
RHEL 3 rh-ruby25-rubygem-power_assert 1.1.1-6.el7 RHSA-2018:3731
RHEL 3 rh-ruby25-rubygem-psych 3.0.2-6.el7 RHSA-2018:3731
RHEL 3 rh-ruby25-rubygem-rake 12.3.0-6.el7 RHSA-2018:3731
RHEL 3 rh-ruby25-rubygem-rdoc 6.0.1-6.el7 RHSA-2018:3731
RHEL 3 rh-ruby25-rubygem-test-unit 3.2.7-6.el7 RHSA-2018:3731
RHEL 3 rh-ruby25-rubygem-xmlrpc 0.3.0-6.el7 RHSA-2018:3731
RHEL 3 rh-ruby25-rubygems +1 2.7.6-6.el7 RHSA-2018:3731
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 7.6 EUS ruby +5 2.0.0.648-36.el7_6 RHSA-2020:0663
RHEL 7.6 EUS rubygem-bigdecimal 1.2.0-36.el7_6 RHSA-2020:0663
RHEL 7.6 EUS rubygem-io-console 0.4.2-36.el7_6 RHSA-2020:0663
RHEL 7.6 EUS rubygem-json 1.7.7-36.el7_6 RHSA-2020:0663
RHEL 7.6 EUS rubygem-minitest 4.3.2-36.el7_6 RHSA-2020:0663
RHEL 7.6 EUS rubygem-psych 2.0.0-36.el7_6 RHSA-2020:0663
RHEL 7.6 EUS rubygem-rake 0.9.6-36.el7_6 RHSA-2020:0663
RHEL 7.6 EUS rubygem-rdoc 4.0.0-36.el7_6 RHSA-2020:0663
RHEL 7.6 EUS rubygems +1 2.0.14.1-36.el7_6 RHSA-2020:0663
RHEL 7.5 EUS ruby +5 2.0.0.648-35.el7_5 RHSA-2020:0542
RHEL 7.5 EUS rubygem-bigdecimal 1.2.0-35.el7_5 RHSA-2020:0542
RHEL 7.5 EUS rubygem-io-console 0.4.2-35.el7_5 RHSA-2020:0542
RHEL 7.5 EUS rubygem-json 1.7.7-35.el7_5 RHSA-2020:0542
RHEL 7.5 EUS rubygem-minitest 4.3.2-35.el7_5 RHSA-2020:0542
RHEL 7.5 EUS rubygem-psych 2.0.0-35.el7_5 RHSA-2020:0542
RHEL 7.5 EUS rubygem-rake 0.9.6-35.el7_5 RHSA-2020:0542
RHEL 7.5 EUS rubygem-rdoc 4.0.0-35.el7_5 RHSA-2020:0542
RHEL 7.5 EUS rubygems +1 2.0.14.1-35.el7_5 RHSA-2020:0542
RHEL 7.4 TUS ruby +5 2.0.0.648-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 TUS rubygem-bigdecimal 1.2.0-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 TUS rubygem-io-console 0.4.2-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 TUS rubygem-json 1.7.7-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 TUS rubygem-minitest 4.3.2-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 TUS rubygem-psych 2.0.0-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 TUS rubygem-rake 0.9.6-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 TUS rubygem-rdoc 4.0.0-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 TUS rubygems +1 2.0.14.1-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 E4S ruby +5 2.0.0.648-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 E4S rubygem-bigdecimal 1.2.0-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 E4S rubygem-io-console 0.4.2-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 E4S rubygem-json 1.7.7-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 E4S rubygem-minitest 4.3.2-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 E4S rubygem-psych 2.0.0-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 E4S rubygem-rake 0.9.6-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 E4S rubygem-rdoc 4.0.0-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 E4S rubygems +1 2.0.14.1-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 AUS ruby +5 2.0.0.648-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 AUS rubygem-bigdecimal 1.2.0-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 AUS rubygem-io-console 0.4.2-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 AUS rubygem-json 1.7.7-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 AUS rubygem-minitest 4.3.2-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 AUS rubygem-psych 2.0.0-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 AUS rubygem-rake 0.9.6-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 AUS rubygem-rdoc 4.0.0-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
RHEL 7.4 AUS rubygems +1 2.0.14.1-35.el7_4 RHSA-2020:0591
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP1 ruby2.5 2.5.5-4.3.1 SUSE-SU-2019:1804-1
SLES 15 ruby2.5 2.5.5-4.3.1 SUSE-SU-2019:1804-1
SLES 12 SP5 ruby2.1 2.1.9-19.3.2 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
SLES 12 SP4 ruby2.1 2.1.9-19.3.2 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
SLES 12 SP3 ruby2.1 2.1.9-19.3.2 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP2 ruby2.1 2.1.9-19.3.2 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
SLES 12 SP2 yast2-ruby-bindings 3.1.53-9.8.1 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 ruby2.1 2.1.9-19.3.2 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP4 ruby2.1 2.1.9-19.3.2 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP3 ruby2.1 2.1.9-19.3.2 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 ruby2.1 2.1.9-19.3.2 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 yast2-ruby-bindings 3.1.53-9.8.1 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 ruby2.1 2.1.9-19.3.2 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 ruby2.1 2.1.9-19.3.2 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 ruby2.1 2.1.9-19.3.2 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 yast2-ruby-bindings 3.1.53-9.8.1 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
SUSE HPE Helion OpenStack 8 ruby2.1 2.1.9-19.3.2 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 ruby2.1 2.1.9-19.3.2 SUSE-SU-2020:1570-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.1 ruby-bundled-gems-rpmhelper 0.0.2-lp151.2.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:1771-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 ruby2.5 2.5.5-lp151.4.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:1771-1
openSUSE Leap 15.0 ruby-bundled-gems-rpmhelper 0.0.2-lp151.2.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:1771-1
openSUSE Leap 15.0 ruby2.5 2.5.5-lp151.4.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:1771-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 ruby +5 2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2019-1276
Amazon Linux 2 rubygem-bigdecimal 1.2.0-36.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2019-1276
Amazon Linux 2 rubygem-io-console 0.4.2-36.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2019-1276
Amazon Linux 2 rubygem-json 1.7.7-36.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2019-1276
Amazon Linux 2 rubygem-minitest 4.3.2-36.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2019-1276
Amazon Linux 2 rubygem-psych 2.0.0-36.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2019-1276
Amazon Linux 2 rubygem-rake 0.9.6-36.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2019-1276
Amazon Linux 2 rubygem-rdoc 4.0.0-36.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2019-1276
Amazon Linux 2 rubygems +1 2.0.14.1-36.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2019-1276

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 7 ruby +5 2.0.0.648-36.el7 ELSA-2019-2028
Oracle Linux 7 rubygem-bigdecimal 1.2.0-36.el7 ELSA-2019-2028
Oracle Linux 7 rubygem-io-console 0.4.2-36.el7 ELSA-2019-2028
Oracle Linux 7 rubygem-json 1.7.7-36.el7 ELSA-2019-2028
Oracle Linux 7 rubygem-minitest 4.3.2-36.el7 ELSA-2019-2028
Oracle Linux 7 rubygem-psych 2.0.0-36.el7 ELSA-2019-2028
Oracle Linux 7 rubygem-rake 0.9.6-36.el7 ELSA-2019-2028
Oracle Linux 7 rubygem-rdoc 4.0.0-36.el7 ELSA-2019-2028
Oracle Linux 7 rubygems +1 2.0.14.1-36.el7 ELSA-2019-2028

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.jruby:jruby-stdlib < 9.1.16.0 9.1.16.0 GHSA-87qx-g5wg-mwmj
RubyGems rubygems-update < 2.7.6 2.7.6 GHSA-87qx-g5wg-mwmj

Advisories 20

References