Link Following The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ruby-zip (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2010-RUBYZIP-1032891
- published26 Jun 2018
- disclosed26 Jun 2018
Introduced: 26 Jun 2018
CVE-2018-1000544 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-zip package and not the ruby-zip package as distributed by Ubuntu.
rubyzip gem rubyzip version 1.2.1 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in Zip::File component that can result in write arbitrary files to the filesystem. This attack appear to be exploitable via If a site allows uploading of .zip files , an attacker can upload a malicious file that contains symlinks or files with absolute pathnames "../" to write arbitrary files to the filesystem..
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-1000544
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00013.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1000544
- https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/issues/369
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00002.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3466