CVE-2019-8324 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2019-8324

An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through...

Vulnerability Description

An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. A crafted gem with a multi-line name is not handled correctly. Therefore, an attacker could inject arbitrary code to the stub line of gemspec, which is eval-ed by code in ensure_loadable_spec during the preinstall check.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

rubygems, debian linux, leap, enterprise linux
Vulnerable Versions:
2.6.0, 9.0, 15.0, 15.1, 8.0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 17th, 2019
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.