Ruby · Rubygems · CVE-2017-0901
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
RubyGems versions 2.6.12 and earlier
**Description**
The issue exists due to insufficient input validation in the package manager. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to overwrite any file on the filesystem. A maliciously crafted gem can potentially be used to achieve this.
**Recommendations**
For RubyGems versions 2.6.12 and earlier, consider updating to a version that fixes the specification name validation issue to prevent potential file overwrites.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.