GLSA 201710-01: RubyGems: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	RubyGems: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	10/08/2017
Bugs:	#629230
ID:	201710-01

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in RubyGems, the worst of which allows execution of arbitrary code.

Background

RubyGems is a sophisticated package manager for Ruby.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-ruby/rubygems	< 2.6.13	>= 2.6.13	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in RubyGems. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to install a specially crafted gem, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All RubyGems users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/rubygems-2.6.13"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201710-01.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.