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CVE-2018-1000079 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 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.


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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/666ef793cad42eed96f7aee1cdf77865db921099 CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/f83f911e19e27cbac1ccce7471d96642241dd759 CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.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-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-1000079
NVD Published Date:
03/13/2018
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE