CVE-2016-7954

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-10-04
CWE:
CWE-94
Bugzilla:
1381951: CVE-2016-7954 rubygem-bundler: Code execution via gem name collision in bundler

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Bundler 1.x might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary Ruby code into an application by leveraging a gem name collision on a secondary source. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2013-0334.

Find out more about CVE-2016-7954 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 4.9
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 rubygem-bundler Will not fix
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 ruby193-rubygem-bundler Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-ruby23-rubygem-bundler Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-ruby22-rubygem-bundler Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-ruby24-rubygem-bundler Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 6 rubygem-bundler Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 rubygem-bundler Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 rubygem-bundler Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) rubygem-bundler Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 rubygem-bundler Will not fix

External References

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