Directory Traversal Affecting rubygem-yard package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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- published28 Apr 2025
- disclosed24 Nov 2017
Introduced: 24 Nov 2017
CVE-2017-17042 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 rubygem-yard.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-yard package and not the rubygem-yard package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
lib/yard/core_ext/file.rb in the server in YARD before 0.9.11 does not block relative paths with an initial ../ sequence, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files.