CVE-2014-9489

Description

The gollum-grit_adapter Ruby gem dependency in gollum before 3.1.1 and the gollum-lib gem dependency in gollum-lib before 4.0.1 when the string "master" is in any of the wiki documents, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via the -O or --open-files-in-pager flags.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.95% Top 15%
Third-Party Advisory openwall.com Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory github.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/19 issue tracking mailing list patch third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71499 vdb entry third party advisory
https://github.com/gollum/grit_adapter/commit/4520d973c81fecfebbeacd2ef2f1849d763951c7 issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://github.com/gollum/gollum/issues/913 issue tracking third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9489?
CVE-2014-9489 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9489?
To fix CVE-2014-9489, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-9489 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-9489 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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