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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201710-01
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: RubyGems: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 08, 2017
Bugs: #629230
ID: 201710-01

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities were found in RubyGems, the worst of which
allows execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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RubyGems is a sophisticated package manager for Ruby.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-ruby/rubygems < 2.6.13 >= 2.6.13

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in RubyGems. Please
review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker, by enticing a user to install a specially crafted
gem, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All RubyGems users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-ruby/rubygems-2.6.13”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-0899
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-0899
[ 2 ] CVE-2017-0900
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-0900
[ 3 ] CVE-2017-0901
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-0901
[ 4 ] CVE-2017-0902
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-0902

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

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