CVE-2019-17383 describes a critical misconfiguration vulnerability in the netaddr gem for Ruby, affecting versions prior to 2.0.4, where gem installation could result in overly permissive 0777 file permissions on the target filesystem. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this network-exploitable vulnerability requires no user interaction and could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.5.0, < 1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netaddr_project:netaddr:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* | ||
>= 2.0, < 2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netaddr_project:netaddr:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.