CVE-2019-17383 — The netaddr gem before 2

The netaddr gem before 2.0.4 for Ruby has misconfigured file permissions, such that a gem install may result in 0777 permissions in the target filesystem.

01What is this vulnerability?

The netaddr gem before 2.0.4 for Ruby has misconfigured file permissions, such that a gem install may result in 0777 permissions in the target filesystem.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-10-09T14:54:40.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T01:40:15.423Z

09References

• rubygems.org — https://rubygems.org/gems/netaddr/versions
• github.com — https://github.com/dspinhirne/netaddr-rb/commit/3aac46c00a36e71905eaa619cb94d45b…