critical
CVE-2017-0899
rubygems: Escape sequence in the "summary" field of gemspec
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat4.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA, Ruby Advisory DB. Rated lower by Oracle (high), Amazon (medium), Red Hat (low), Ubuntu (low).
Description
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications that include terminal escape characters. Printing the gem specification would execute terminal escape sequences.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| rubygems::GitHub Security Advisory RubyGems | rubygems-update | 2.6.13 |
| rubygems::Ruby Advisory Database | rubygems-update | >= 2.4.5.3, >= 2.5.2.1, >= 2.6.13 |
| alpine 3.10 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.11 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.12 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.13 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.14 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.15 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.16 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.17 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.18 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.19 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
Show all 94 entries from 41 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| rubygems::GitHub Security Advisory RubyGems | rubygems-update | 2.6.13 |
| rubygems::Ruby Advisory Database | rubygems-update | >= 2.4.5.3, >= 2.5.2.1, >= 2.6.13 |
| alpine 3.10 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.11 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.12 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.13 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.14 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.15 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.16 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.17 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.18 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.19 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.20 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.21 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.22 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.23 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.24 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.3 | ruby | 2.2.8-r0 |
| alpine 3.4 | ruby | 2.3.5-r0 |
| alpine 3.5 | ruby | 2.3.5-r0 |
| alpine 3.5 | ruby2.2 | 2.2.8-r0 |
| alpine 3.6 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.6 | ruby2.2 | 2.2.8-r0 |
| alpine 3.7 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.8 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine 3.9 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| alpine edge | ruby | 2.4.2-r0 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby22 | 2.2.8-1.9.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby22-debuginfo | 2.2.8-1.9.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby22-devel | 2.2.8-1.9.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby22-doc | 2.2.8-1.9.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby22-irb | 2.2.8-1.9.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby22-libs | 2.2.8-1.9.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby23 | 2.3.5-1.17.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby23-debuginfo | 2.3.5-1.17.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby23-devel | 2.3.5-1.17.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby23-doc | 2.3.5-1.17.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby23-irb | 2.3.5-1.17.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby23-libs | 2.3.5-1.17.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby24 | 2.4.2-1.30.4.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby24-debuginfo | 2.4.2-1.30.4.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby24-devel | 2.4.2-1.30.4.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby24-doc | 2.4.2-1.30.4.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby24-irb | 2.4.2-1.30.4.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | ruby24-libs | 2.4.2-1.30.4.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygem22-bigdecimal | 1.2.6-1.9.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygem22-io-console | 0.4.3-1.9.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygem22-psych | 2.0.8.1-1.9.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygem23-bigdecimal | 1.2.8-1.17.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygem23-did_you_mean | 1.0.0-1.17.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygem23-io-console | 0.4.5-1.17.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygem23-json | 1.8.3.1-1.17.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygem23-psych | 2.1.0.1-1.17.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygem24-bigdecimal | 1.3.0-1.30.4.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygem24-did_you_mean | 1.1.0-1.30.4.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygem24-io-console | 0.4.6-1.30.4.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygem24-json | 2.0.4-1.30.4.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygem24-psych | 2.2.2-1.30.4.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygem24-xmlrpc | 0.2.1-1.30.4.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygems22 | 2.4.5.2-1.9.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygems22-devel | 2.4.5.2-1.9.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygems23 | 2.5.2.1-1.17.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygems23-devel | 2.5.2.1-1.17.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygems24 | 2.6.13-1.30.4.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | rubygems24-devel | 2.6.13-1.30.4.amzn1 |
| debian 11 | rubygems | 3.2.0~rc.1-1 |
| debian 12 | rubygems | 3.2.0~rc.1-1 |
| debian 13 | rubygems | 3.2.0~rc.1-1 |
| debian 14 | rubygems | 3.2.0~rc.1-1 |
| debian 7 | ruby1.9.1 | 1.9.3.194-8.1+deb7u6 |
| debian 8 | ruby2.1 | 2.1.5-2+deb8u4 |
| debian 9 | ruby2.3 | 2.3.3-1+deb9u1 |
| echo | rubygems | 3.2.0~rc.1-1 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | ruby | 2.0.0.648-33.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | ruby-devel | 2.0.0.648-33.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | ruby-doc | 2.0.0.648-33.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | ruby-irb | 2.0.0.648-33.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | ruby-libs | 2.0.0.648-33.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | ruby-tcltk | 2.0.0.648-33.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | rubygem-bigdecimal | 1.2.0-33.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | rubygem-io-console | 0.4.2-33.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | rubygem-json | 1.7.7-33.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | rubygem-minitest | 4.3.2-33.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | rubygem-psych | 2.0.0-33.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | rubygem-rake | 0.9.6-33.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | rubygem-rdoc | 4.0.0-33.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | rubygems | 2.0.14.1-33.el7_4 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | rubygems-devel | 2.0.14.1-33.el7_4 |
| Red Hat | rubygems | no fix listed |
| ubuntu 14.04 | ruby1.9.1 | 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.5 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | ruby2.3 | 2.3.1-2~16.04.6 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | ruby2.3 | 2.3.1-2~16.04.6 |
| ubuntu 18.04-ESM | jruby | no fix listed |
| ubuntu 20.04-ESM | jruby | no fix listed |
References
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100576
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0899
All 25 references
- https://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1bcbc7fe637b03145401ec9c094066285934a7f1
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ef0aa611effb5f54d40c7fba6e8235eb43c5a491
- https://hackerone.com/reports/226335
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2017-0899.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-0378.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0899
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3439-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3685-1
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170907215801/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170915000000%2A/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100576#:~:text=1%20snapshot-,11%3A49%3A33,-Note
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0899
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/08/29/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-rubygems/