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ALPINE-CVE-2019-8324

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 3.1
8.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.6ruby2.4.4-r0, 2.4.5-r0, 2.4.4-r0
Alpine:v3.7ruby2.3.3-r3, 2.3.3-r1, 2.3.3-r0
Alpine:v3.9ruby2.3.1-r0, 2.0.0_p353-r2, 2.1.5-r0
Alpine:v3.8ruby2.5.2-r0, 2.5.1-r2, 2.5.1-r1

Timeline

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