CVE-2014-9489: gollum and gollum-lib allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code

CVE-2014-9489 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2017-11-16

gollum and gollum-lib allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code

Technologies: gollum (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2014-9489 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2014-9489 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2014-9489?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 16 November 2017.
Which products and versions are affected?
gollum (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.1.1; gollum-lib (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.0.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2014-9489?
Yes. gollum (RubyGems): upgrade to 3.1.1 or later; gollum-lib (RubyGems): upgrade to 4.0.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2014-9489?
Check whether you run gollum (RubyGems) or gollum-lib (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • gollum (RubyGems): upgrade to 3.1.1 or later
    bundle update gollum
  • gollum-lib (RubyGems): upgrade to 4.0.1 or later
    bundle update gollum-lib

Affected products

  • gollum (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.1.1
  • gollum-lib (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.0.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2014-9489
  • GHSA-q97v-764g-r2rp

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