GHSA-vqcq-mrmw-mcmg
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Summary: Rubyzip gem contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in zip file component
Details: rubyzip gem rubyzip version 1.2.1 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in Zip::File component that can result in write arbitrary files to the filesystem. This attack appear to be exploitable via If a site allows uploading of .zip files , an attacker can upload a malicious file that contains symlinks or files with absolute pathnames "../" to write arbitrary files to the filesystem.. This is similar to CVE-2017-5946 which was patched in 1.2.1 but the fix in that case was incomplete.
References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000544, https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/issues/369, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3466, https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubyzip/CVE-2018-1000544.yml, https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00013.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00002.html
Affected packages
Package
Name: rubyzip
Purl: pkg:gem/rubyzip
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
