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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +layout: news_post |
| 3 | +title: "Multiple vulnerabilities in RubyGems" |
| 4 | +author: "hsbt" |
| 5 | +translator: |
| 6 | +date: 2019-03-05 00:00:00 +0000 |
| 7 | +tags: security |
| 8 | +lang: en |
| 9 | +--- |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +There are multiple vulnerabilities in RubyGems bundled with Ruby. |
| 12 | +It is [reported at the official blog of RubyGems](http://blog.rubygems.org/2019/03/05/security-advisories-2019-03.html). |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +## Details |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +The following vulnerabilities have been reported. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +* CVE-2019-8320: Delete directory using symlink when decompressing tar |
| 19 | +* CVE-2019-8321: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in `verbose` |
| 20 | +* CVE-2019-8322: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in `gem owner` |
| 21 | +* CVE-2019-8323: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in API response handling |
| 22 | +* CVE-2019-8324: Installing a malicious gem may lead to arbitrary code execution |
| 23 | +* CVE-2019-8325: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in errors |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +It is strongly recommended for Ruby users to take one of the following workarounds as soon as possible. |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +## Affected Versions |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +* Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.5 and earlier |
| 30 | +* Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.3 and earlier |
| 31 | +* Ruby 2.6 series: 2.6.1 and earlier |
| 32 | +* prior to trunk revision 67168 |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +## Workarounds |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +RubyGems 2.7.6.2/2.7.9/3.0.3 or later includes the fix for the vulnerabilities, so upgrade RubyGems to the latest version. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +``` |
| 39 | +gem update --system |
| 40 | +``` |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +If you can't upgrade RubyGems, you can apply the following patches as a workaround. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +* [for Ruby 2.4.5](https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/attachments/7669) |
| 45 | +* [for Ruby 2.5.3](https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/attachments/7670) |
| 46 | +* [for Ruby 2.6.1](https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/attachments/7671) |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +About the trunk, update to the latest revision. |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +## Credits |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +This report is based on [the official blog of RubyGems](http://blog.rubygems.org/2019/03/05/security-advisories-2019-03.html). |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +## History |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +* Originally published at 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC |
| 57 | +* Link to updated patches at 2019-03-06 05:26:27 UTC |
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