CVE-2019-8320
Published: 27 March 2019
A Directory Traversal issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.7.6 and later through 3.0.2. Before making new directories or touching files (which now include path-checking code for symlinks), it would delete the target destination. If that destination was hidden behind a symlink, a malicious gem could delete arbitrary files on the user's machine, presuming the attacker could guess at paths. Given how frequently gem is run as sudo, and how predictable paths are on modern systems (/tmp, /usr, etc.), this could likely lead to data loss or an unusable system.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 7.4
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
jruby Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Not vulnerable
(9.1.17.0-3)
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Not vulnerable
(9.1.17.0-3)
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Needed
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Needs triage
|
|
|
ruby1.9.1 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was released [1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.14])
|
|
|
ruby2.0 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
(trusty was released [2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.13])
|
|
|
ruby2.1 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
|
ruby2.3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(2.3.1-2~16.04.12)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
|
|
ruby2.5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(2.5.1-1ubuntu1.2)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| tyhicks | ruby{1.9.1,2.0,2.3} and jruby ship an embedded rubygems. |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8320
- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/attachments/7669 (for 2.4.5)
- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/attachments/7670 (for 2.5.3)
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2019/03/05/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-rubygems/
- https://blog.rubygems.org/2019/03/05/security-advisories-2019-03.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3945-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian