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CVE-2018-1000073 Detail

Description

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 install_location function of package.rb that can result in path traversal when writing to a symlinked basedir outside of the root. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html CVE, MITRE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729 CVE, MITRE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730 CVE, MITRE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731 CVE, MITRE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028 CVE, MITRE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542 CVE, MITRE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591 CVE, MITRE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663 CVE, MITRE
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1b931fc03b819b9a0214be3eaca844ef534175e2 CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00028.html CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/ CVE, MITRE
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219 CVE, MITRE
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-1000073
NVD Published Date:
03/13/2018
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE