UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000544

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000544

    Published: 26 Jun 2018Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025

    Summary:

    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..

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000544, https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/issues/369, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000544

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby-zip

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.1.7-1

    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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