CVE-2018-1000077

Description

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ruby gems specification homepage attribute that can result in a malicious gem could set an invalid homepage URL. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.76% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory rubygems.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219 vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/ vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730 vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731 vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00001.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259 vendor advisory
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/feadefc2d351dcb95d6492f5ad17ebca546eb964 third party advisory patch
http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00000.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00028.html mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-1000077?
CVE-2018-1000077 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-1000077?
To fix CVE-2018-1000077, 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-2018-1000077 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-1000077 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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