ALPINE-CVE-2019-8324 — Vulnetix

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ALPINE-CVE-2019-8324 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH

An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. A crafted gem with a multi-line name is not handled correctly. Therefore, an attacker could inject arbitrary code to the stub line of gemspec, which is eval-ed by code in ensure_loadable_spec during the preinstall check.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

8.800000190734863

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.6	ruby	0, 1.8.7_p160-r3, 1.8.7_p174-r0
Alpine:v3.7	ruby	1.8.7_p160-r3, 1.8.7_p174-r2, 1.8.7_p174-r3
Alpine:v3.9	ruby	2.5.3-r1, 2.0.0_p247-r2, 2.0.0_p247-r3
Alpine:v3.8	ruby	1.8.7_p160-r2, 1.8.7_p174-r0, 1.8.7_p174-r1

Timeline

Jun 17, 2019 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-8324 advisory

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