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Directory Traversal Affecting ruby2.5 package, versions <2.5.1-1

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.2% (57th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
3.7 low
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Red Hat
3.7 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-RUBY25-384358
  • published 3 Apr 2018
  • disclosed 3 Apr 2018
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Introduced: 3 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-6914 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-22 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 ruby2.5 to version 2.5.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby2.5 package and not the ruby2.5 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 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.

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