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    CVE-2018-6914

    Directory traversal vulnerability in the Dir.mktmpdir method in the tmpdir library in Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1 might allow attackers to create arbitrary directories or files via a .. (dot dot) in the prefix argument.

    Published:Mar 28, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Apr 3, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.02072
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Software Collections
    Vendor
    Ruby-lang
    Product
    Ruby

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103686
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
    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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
    https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/
    https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/
    https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/
    https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/
    https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/unintentional-file-and-directory-creation-with-directory-traversal-cve-2018-6914/
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103686
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
    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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
    https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/
    https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/
    https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/
    https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/
    https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/unintentional-file-and-directory-creation-with-directory-traversal-cve-2018-6914/

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