Symlink Attack Affecting ruby package, versions [1.8.6,1.9.3]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-RUBY-2370226
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 Mar 2011
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Mar 2011

CVE-2011-1004  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for ruby.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack. The FileUtils.remove_entry_secure method in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-330, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through 1.9.1-430, 1.9.2 through 1.9.2-136, and 1.9.3dev allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

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CVSS Scores

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