CVE-2017-0900

high
Published 2017-08-29 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5

Description

RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications to cause a denial of service attack against RubyGems clients who have issued a `query` command.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0900

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0900.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: support@hackerone.com — https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/8a38a4fc24c6591e6c8f43d1fadab6efeb4d6251

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: support@hackerone.com — http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debian8.0affected
debian debian9.0affected
redhat rhel7.0affected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.2.0~rc.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.2.0~rc.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.2.0~rc.1-1
debian debiansidfixed3.2.0~rc.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.2.0~rc.1-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsrubygems-update<>= 2.4.5.3>= 2.4.5.3
ruby RubyGemsrubygems-update<2.6.132.6.13

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
rubygemsrubygems{"endIncluding":"2.6.12"}

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.