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    GHSA-8qxg-mff5-j3wc

    Published: 14 May 2022Last Modified: 12 Mar 2024

    Summary: RubyGems Path Traversal vulnerability

    Details: 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 writing to arbitrary filesystem locations during installation. This attack appears to be exploitable via installation of a malicious gem. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.6.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000079, https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/f83f911e19e27cbac1ccce7471d96642241dd759, https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/666ef793cad42eed96f7aee1cdf77865db921099, https://github.com/jruby/jruby/commit/0b06b48ab4432237ce5fc1bef47f2c6bcf7843f7, https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/5971b486d4dbb2bad5d3445b3801c456eb0ce183, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1000079, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=895778, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729, http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rubygems-update

    Purl: pkg:gem/rubygems-update

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.6

    Affected versions

    0.8.10
    0.8.11
    0.8.3
    0.8.4
    0.8.5
    0.8.6
    0.8.8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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