Directory Traversal Affecting ruby2.5-stdlib package, versions <2.5.5-4.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.22% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-SLES151-RUBY25STDLIB-2747286
  • published 14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 10 Jul 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 ruby2.5-stdlib to version 2.5.5-4.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby2.5-stdlib package and not the ruby2.5-stdlib package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 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.