CVE-2007-0469 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2007-0469
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Description: 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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/31688 SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.html FULLDISC http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=full-disclosure&m=116939816621060&w=2 CONFIRM http://rubyforge.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=9074 BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/458128/100/0/threaded

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