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Directory Traversal Affecting rubygem-psych package, versions <0:2.0.0-36.el7

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.09% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-RUBYGEMPSYCH-2538152
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed13 Mar 2018
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Introduced: 13 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-1000079  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 rubygem-psych to version 0:2.0.0-36.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2028.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-psych package and not the rubygem-psych package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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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