Directory Traversal Affecting rubygems package, versions <0:2.0.14.1-36.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-RUBYGEMS-1673670
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed3 Apr 2018

Introduced: 3 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-6914  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 rubygems to version 0:2.0.14.1-36.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1276.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygems package and not the rubygems package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Dir.mktmpdir method in the tmpdir library in Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1 might allow attackers to create arbitrary directories or files via a .. (dot dot) in the prefix argument.