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Package details: pkg:gem/rubygems-update@2.4.4
purl pkg:gem/rubygems-update@2.4.4
Next non-vulnerable version 3.0.3
Latest non-vulnerable version 3.0.3
Risk 10.0
Vulnerabilities affecting this package (14)
Vulnerability Summary Fixed by
VCID-8d7n-bfhu-dkfd
Aliases:
CVE-2018-1000075
GHSA-74pv-v9gh-h25p
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop) RubyGems contains an infinite loop caused by negative size vulnerability in ruby gem package tar header that can result in a negative size could cause an infinite loop.
2.5.1
Affected by 5 other vulnerabilities.
2.7.6
Affected by 6 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-8hm4-c4w4-gfen
Aliases:
CVE-2018-1000078
GHSA-87qx-g5wg-mwmj
Cross-site Scripting RubyGems contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gem server display of homepage attribute that can result in XSS. This attack appears to be exploitable by the victim browsing to a malicious gem on a vulnerable gem server.
2.5.1
Affected by 5 other vulnerabilities.
2.7.6
Affected by 6 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-9t45-d5mf-3uar
Aliases:
CVE-2018-1000079
GHSA-8qxg-mff5-j3wc
Path Traversal RubyGems contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in gem installation that can result in the gem being able to write to arbitrary filesystem locations during installation. This attack appears to be exploitable by a victim installing a malicious gem.
2.5.1
Affected by 5 other vulnerabilities.
2.7.6
Affected by 6 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-af1f-xwwy-jfa8
Aliases:
CVE-2018-1000074
GHSA-qj2w-mw2r-pv39
RubyGems contains a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in owner command that can result in code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable when the victim runs the `gem owner` command on a gem with a specially crafted YAML file.
2.5.1
Affected by 5 other vulnerabilities.
2.7.6
Affected by 6 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-b36p-re17-n7dq
Aliases:
CVE-2017-0900
GHSA-p7f2-rr42-m9xm
Improper Input Validation RubyGems is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications to cause a denial of service attack against RubyGems clients who have issued a `query` command.
2.6.13
Affected by 6 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-cde2-rv4n-tkau
Aliases:
CVE-2017-0903
GHSA-mqwr-4qf2-2hcv
Deserialization of Untrusted Data rubygems-update is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability. YAML deserialization of gem specifications can bypass class white lists. Specially crafted serialized objects can possibly be used to escalate to remote code execution.
2.6.14
Affected by 5 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-ee8m-jtmh-dfbs
Aliases:
CVE-2015-3900
GHSA-wp3j-rvfp-624h
OSV-122162
7PK - Security Features RubyGems does not validate the hostname when fetching gems or making API requests, which allows remote attackers to redirect requests to arbitrary domains via a crafted DNS SRV record, aka a "DNS hijack attack."
2.4.7
Affected by 13 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-jmzh-89dm-r7g2
Aliases:
CVE-2017-0902
GHSA-73w7-6w9g-gc8w
Origin Validation Error RubyGems is vulnerable to a DNS hijacking vulnerability that allows a MITM attacker to force the RubyGems client to download and install gems from a server that the attacker controls.
2.6.13
Affected by 6 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-mamm-cvdr-subf
Aliases:
CVE-2018-1000077
GHSA-gv86-43rv-79m2
RubyGems contains an Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ruby gems specification homepage attribute that can result in a malicious gem being able to set an invalid homepage URL.
2.5.1
Affected by 5 other vulnerabilities.
2.7.6
Affected by 6 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-tq93-h2ag-s3bx
Aliases:
CVE-2018-1000073
GHSA-gx69-6cp4-hxrj
Path Traversal RubyGems contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in install_location function of `package.rb` that can result in path traversal when writing to a symlinked basedir outside the root.
2.5.1
Affected by 5 other vulnerabilities.
2.7.6
Affected by 6 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-w4ns-f42m-pyec
Aliases:
CVE-2018-1000076
GHSA-mc6j-h948-v2p6
RubyGems contains an Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability in `package.rb` that can result in a mis-signed gem being installed, as the tarball would contain multiple gem signatures.
2.5.1
Affected by 5 other vulnerabilities.
2.7.6
Affected by 6 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-xgsa-5umz-qffr
Aliases:
CVE-2017-0899
GHSA-7gcp-2gmq-w3xh
Code Injection RubyGems is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications that include terminal escape characters. Printing the gem specification would execute terminal escape sequences.
2.6.13
Affected by 6 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-xz68-vwz2-2ke4
Aliases:
CVE-2017-0901
GHSA-pm9x-4392-2c2p
Improper Input Validation RubyGems fails to validate specification names, allowing a maliciously crafted gem to potentially overwrite any file on the filesystem.
2.6.13
Affected by 6 other vulnerabilities.
VCID-zb9m-getz-3keh
Aliases:
CVE-2015-4020
GHSA-qv62-xfj6-32xm
Improper Input Validation RubyGems does not validate the hostname when fetching gems or making API requests, which allows remote attackers to redirect requests to arbitrary domains via a crafted DNS SRV record with a domain that is suffixed with the original domain name, aka a "DNS hijack attack." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because to an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-3900.
2.4.8
Affected by 12 other vulnerabilities.
Vulnerabilities fixed by this package (0)
Vulnerability Summary Aliases
This package is not known to fix vulnerabilities.

Date Actor Action Vulnerability Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-16T20:42:05.750951+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-8hm4-c4w4-gfen https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000078.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T20:42:05.418050+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-mamm-cvdr-subf https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000077.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T20:42:05.175057+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-w4ns-f42m-pyec https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000076.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T20:42:05.062489+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-af1f-xwwy-jfa8 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000074.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T20:42:04.820322+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-tq93-h2ag-s3bx https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000073.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T20:42:04.069050+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-9t45-d5mf-3uar https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000079.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T20:42:02.791673+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-8d7n-bfhu-dkfd https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000075.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T20:39:15.334279+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-cde2-rv4n-tkau https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0903.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T20:37:59.190081+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-xgsa-5umz-qffr https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0899.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T20:37:58.653753+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-xz68-vwz2-2ke4 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0901.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T20:37:57.371246+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-b36p-re17-n7dq https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0900.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T20:37:56.823142+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-jmzh-89dm-r7g2 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0902.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T20:32:43.826586+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-zb9m-getz-3keh https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-4020.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T20:32:32.838980+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-ee8m-jtmh-dfbs https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-3900.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T17:36:03.142772+00:00 Ruby Importer Affected by VCID-zb9m-getz-3keh https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-4020.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-16T17:36:00.403866+00:00 Ruby Importer Affected by VCID-ee8m-jtmh-dfbs https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-3900.yml 38.4.0
2026-04-11T21:52:41.936315+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-8hm4-c4w4-gfen https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000078.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:52:41.600929+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-mamm-cvdr-subf https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000077.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:52:41.358115+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-w4ns-f42m-pyec https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000076.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:52:41.227817+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-af1f-xwwy-jfa8 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000074.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:52:40.998910+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-tq93-h2ag-s3bx https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000073.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:52:40.001707+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-9t45-d5mf-3uar https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000079.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:52:38.829874+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-8d7n-bfhu-dkfd https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000075.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:50:02.353681+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-cde2-rv4n-tkau https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0903.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:48:39.754607+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-xgsa-5umz-qffr https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0899.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:48:39.091396+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-xz68-vwz2-2ke4 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0901.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:48:37.625106+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-b36p-re17-n7dq https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0900.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:48:37.011826+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-jmzh-89dm-r7g2 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0902.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:43:06.548489+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-zb9m-getz-3keh https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-4020.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:42:56.786993+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-ee8m-jtmh-dfbs https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-3900.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:32:50.482642+00:00 Ruby Importer Affected by VCID-zb9m-getz-3keh https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-4020.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-11T21:32:48.142429+00:00 Ruby Importer Affected by VCID-ee8m-jtmh-dfbs https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-3900.yml 38.3.0
2026-04-02T22:06:28.574307+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-8hm4-c4w4-gfen https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000078.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T22:06:28.251168+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-mamm-cvdr-subf https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000077.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T22:06:28.034409+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-w4ns-f42m-pyec https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000076.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T22:06:27.914068+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-af1f-xwwy-jfa8 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000074.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T22:06:27.680884+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-tq93-h2ag-s3bx https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000073.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T22:06:26.762934+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-9t45-d5mf-3uar https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000079.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T22:06:25.520117+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-8d7n-bfhu-dkfd https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000075.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T22:03:54.172234+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-cde2-rv4n-tkau https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0903.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T22:02:33.465173+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-xgsa-5umz-qffr https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0899.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T22:02:32.917963+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-xz68-vwz2-2ke4 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0901.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T22:02:31.458580+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-b36p-re17-n7dq https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0900.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T22:02:30.918853+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-jmzh-89dm-r7g2 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0902.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T21:57:14.969461+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-zb9m-getz-3keh https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-4020.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T21:57:06.067991+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-ee8m-jtmh-dfbs https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-3900.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T19:31:20.976988+00:00 Ruby Importer Affected by VCID-zb9m-getz-3keh https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-4020.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-02T19:31:18.445959+00:00 Ruby Importer Affected by VCID-ee8m-jtmh-dfbs https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-3900.yml 38.1.0
2026-04-01T16:23:27.920442+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-8hm4-c4w4-gfen https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000078.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T16:23:27.389202+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-mamm-cvdr-subf https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000077.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T16:23:27.148215+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-w4ns-f42m-pyec https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000076.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T16:23:27.024213+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-af1f-xwwy-jfa8 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000074.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T16:23:26.594640+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-tq93-h2ag-s3bx https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000073.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T16:23:25.354767+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-9t45-d5mf-3uar https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000079.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T16:23:23.713380+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-8d7n-bfhu-dkfd https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2018-1000075.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T16:20:52.805118+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-cde2-rv4n-tkau https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0903.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T16:19:42.942145+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-xgsa-5umz-qffr https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0899.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T16:19:42.355415+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-xz68-vwz2-2ke4 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0901.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T16:19:40.638823+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-b36p-re17-n7dq https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0900.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T16:19:40.037537+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-jmzh-89dm-r7g2 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2017-0902.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T16:14:28.845240+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-zb9m-getz-3keh https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-4020.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T16:14:17.765809+00:00 GitLab Importer Affected by VCID-ee8m-jtmh-dfbs https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-3900.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T15:48:08.743857+00:00 Ruby Importer Affected by VCID-zb9m-getz-3keh https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-4020.yml 38.0.0
2026-04-01T15:48:06.625536+00:00 Ruby Importer Affected by VCID-ee8m-jtmh-dfbs https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubygems-update/CVE-2015-3900.yml 38.0.0