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CVE-2018-1000074

Published: 13 March 2018

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 Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in owner command that can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via victim must run the `gem owner` command on a gem with a specially crafted YAML file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the RubyGems embedded in JRuby would deserialize unsafe objects in untrusted YAML. If a user were tricked into using the `gem owner` command on a malicious ruby gem, JRuby could execute a malicious payload.

Notes

AuthorNote
tyhicks
ruby{1.9.1,2.0,2.3} and jruby ship an embedded rubygems.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
jruby
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
bionic Needs triage

cosmic Ignored
(reached end-of-life)
disco Not vulnerable
(9.1.17.0-2)
eoan Not vulnerable
(9.1.17.0-3)
focal Not vulnerable
(9.1.17.0-3)
groovy Not vulnerable
(9.1.17.0-3)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(9.1.17.0-3)
impish Not vulnerable
(9.1.17.0-3)
precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (1.5.6-9+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm2)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

ruby1.9.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was released [1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.12])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

ruby2.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was released [2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.10])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

ruby2.1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

ruby2.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (2.3.3-1ubuntu1.4)
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (2.3.1-2~16.04.7)
ruby2.5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic
Released (2.5.1-1)
cosmic
Released (2.5.1-1)
disco
Released (2.5.1-1)
eoan
Released (2.5.1-1)
focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H