Directory Traversal Affecting rubygem24-did_you_mean package, versions <0:1.1.0-1.30.6.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.16% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-RUBYGEM24DIDYOUMEAN-1712130
  • 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:2018.03 rubygem24-did_you_mean to version 0:1.1.0-1.30.6.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-983.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem24-did_you_mean package and not the rubygem24-did_you_mean package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 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.