Vulnerability CVE-2018-1000075
Published: 2018-03-13

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 infinite loop caused by negative size vulnerability in ruby gem package tar header that can result in a negative size could cause an infinite loop.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

Type:

CWE-835

 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Rubygems -> Rubygems 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/92e98bf8f810bd812f919120d4832df51bc25d83
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00000.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00001.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00028.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
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