CVE-2018-1000079
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 gem installation that can result in the gem could write to arbitrary filesystem locations during installation. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must install a malicious gem. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAttack VectorLocal
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:RUser InteractionRequired
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:NAvailabilityNone
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
RubyGems
package-ecosystem
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
Attack Graph
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MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques Collection
Discovery
References
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
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
debian.org
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