Directory Traversal Affecting rubygems-devel package, versions <0:2.0.14.1-35.el7_4
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed15 Feb 2018
Introduced: 15 Feb 2018
CVE-2018-1000079 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 rubygems-devel to version 0:2.0.14.1-35.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:0591.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygems-devel package and not the rubygems-devel package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL: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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000079
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/666ef793cad42eed96f7aee1cdf77865db921099
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/f83f911e19e27cbac1ccce7471d96642241dd759
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/