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CVE-2007-0469 (GCVE-0-2007-0469)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-01-24 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 12:19
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2007-01-18 00:00
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