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jruby, ruby1.9.1 and 1 more products — security advisory
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications that include terminal escape characters. Printing the gem specification would execute terminal escape sequences.
- Products
- jruby, ruby1.9.1, ruby2.3
- Affected versions
- 1.5.6-5ubuntu1, 1.5.6-6, 1.5.6-7, 1.5.6-9+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm2, 1.7.21-2ubuntu4, 1.7.22-1ubuntu1, 1.9.3.194-8.1ubuntu2, 1.9.3.448-1ubuntu1, 1.9.3.448-1ubuntu2, 1.9.3.484-1ubuntu1, 1.9.3.484-1ubuntu2, 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1, 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1, 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.2, 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.3, 2.3.0-1, 2.3.0-2, 2.3.0-4ubuntu2, 2.3.0-4ubuntu3, 2.3.0-5ubuntu1, 2.3.1-2~16.04, 2.3.1-2~16.04.2, 2.3.1-2~16.04.4, 2.3.1-2~16.04.5, 9.1.13.0-1, 9.1.17.0-1~18.04, 9.1.17.0-3, 9.1.17.0-3build5, 9.1.17.0-3build6, 9.3.9.0+ds-1, 9.4.14.0+ds-1, 9.4.5.0+ds-1, 9.4.5.0+ds-1ubuntu1, 9.4.6.0+ds-1ubuntu3, 9.4.8.0+ds-2ubuntu1, 9.4.8.0+ds-3ubuntu1
- Fixed versions
- 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.5, 2.3.1-2~16.04.6
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-0899
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications that include terminal escape characters. Printing the gem specification would execute terminal escape sequences.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0899
ruby1.9.1
Fixed versions: 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.5
jruby
Fixed versions: Not specified
ruby2.3
Fixed versions: 2.3.1-2~16.04.6
jruby
Fixed versions: Not specified
jruby
Fixed versions: Not specified
jruby
Fixed versions: Not specified
jruby
Fixed versions: Not specified
jruby
Fixed versions: Not specified
jruby
Fixed versions: Not specified
jruby
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3439-1",
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