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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1480-1 ruby2.1 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4219-1 jruby security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4259-1 ruby2.3 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-4029 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-gx69-6cp4-hxrj RubyGems Link Following vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3621-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:33:49.113Z

Reserved: 2018-02-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-1000073

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-03-13T15:29:00.427

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:39:34.590

Link: CVE-2018-1000073

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-02-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-1000073 - Bugzilla

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