{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2007-0469", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=9074", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=9074" }, { "name": "rubygems-extractfiles-file-overwrite(31688)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31688" }, { "name": "SUSE-SR:2007:004", "refsource": "SUSE", "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html" }, { "name": "20070121 RubyGems 0.9.0 and earlier installation exploit", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458128/100/0/threaded" }, { "name": "ADV-2007-0295", "refsource": "VUPEN", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0295" }, { "name": "20070121 RubyGems 0.9.0 and earlier installation exploit", "refsource": "FULLDISC", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116939816621060&w=2" } ] } }