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    CVE-2018-1000073

    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.

    Published:Feb 15, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Mar 13, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.01344
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel E4s
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Software Collections
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Tus
    Vendor
    Rubygems
    Product
    Rubygems

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663
    https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1b931fc03b819b9a0214be3eaca844ef534175e2
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00028.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
    https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
    http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663
    https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1b931fc03b819b9a0214be3eaca844ef534175e2
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00028.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
    https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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