CVE-2018-1000073

Published: Mar 13, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-59

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in install_location function of package.rb that can result in path traversal when writing to a symlinked basedir outside of the root. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения

oss-projectaka fsf

Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

rubygemsLibrary

OSS Libraries / rubygems

package-ecosystem

commercial·GBaka canonical

UbuntuOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Red Hat Inc.

commercial·USaka red hat

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»

commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra

Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Maven

package-ecosystem

org.jruby:jruby-stdlib

OSS Libraries

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1b931fc03b819b9a0214be3eaca844ef534175e2

github.com

https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=44892734

wiki.astralinux.ru

https://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html

blog.rubygems.org

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