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GSD-2007-0469
Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2007-01-22 00:00Details
The extract_files function in installer.rb in RubyGems before 0.9.1 does not check whether files exist before overwriting them, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code via crafted GEM packages.
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