CVE-2019-8324
Public on 2019-06-17
Modified on 2019-08-12
Description
A flaw was found in RubyGems. A crafted gem with a multi-line name is not handled correctly allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary code to the stub line of gemspec. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | ruby | 2019-07-18 | ALAS2-2019-1249 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | ruby20 | 2019-08-07 | ALAS-2019-1255 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | ruby21 | 2019-08-07 | ALAS-2019-1255 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | ruby24 | 2019-08-07 | ALAS-2019-1255 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |