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FreeBSD: VID-27B12D04-4722-11E9-8B7C-B5E01141761F (CVE-2019-8321): RubyGems -- multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-27B12D04-4722-11E9-8B7C-B5E01141761F (CVE-2019-8321): RubyGems -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/05/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
03/16/2019
Modified
06/20/2019

Description

Details for this vulnerability have not been published by NIST at this point. Descriptions from software vendor advisories for this issue are provided below.

From VID-27B12D04-4722-11E9-8B7C-B5E01141761F:

RubyGems Security Advisories:

CVE-2019-8320: Delete directory using symlink when decompressing tar

CVE-2019-8321: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in 'verbose'

CVE-2019-8322: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in 'gem owner'

CVE-2019-8323: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in API response handling

CVE-2019-8324: Installing a malicious gem may lead to arbitrary code execution

CVE-2019-8325: Escape sequence injection vulnerability in errors

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ruby23-gems
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ruby24-gems
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ruby25-gems

References

  • CVE-2019-8321
  • USN-3945-1

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