DEBIAN-CVE-2019-8324

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CVE-2019-8324
Published: 17 Jun 2019, 19:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:20

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Jun 2019, 19:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:20
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. A crafted gem with a multi-line name is not handled correctly. Therefore, an attacker could inject arbitrary code to the stub line of gemspec, which is eval-ed by code in ensure_loadable_spec during the preinstall check.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•jruby

    < 9.1.17.0-3 | < 9.1.17.0-3 | < 9.1.17.0-3

  • debian•rubygems

    < 3.2.0~rc.1-1 | < 3.2.0~rc.1-1 | < 3.2.0~rc.1-1 | < 3.2.0~rc.1-1

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