CVE-2007-0469
Published · Updated
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3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 4.9%
The extract_files function in installer.rb in RubyGems before 0.9.1 does not check whether files exist before overwriting them, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code via crafted GEM packages.
Affected products
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http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116939816621060&w=2http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=9074https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31688http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458128/100/0/threadedhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0295