Directory Traversal The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ruby2.5  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-RUBY25-527090
  • published3 Apr 2018
  • disclosed3 Apr 2018

Introduced: 3 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-8780  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:11.

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.

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, the Dir.open, Dir.new, Dir.entries and Dir.empty? methods do not check NULL characters. When using the corresponding method, unintentional directory traversal may be performed.