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 could write to arbitrary filesystem locations during installation. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must install a malicious gem. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1421-1 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-2022-3218 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 could write to arbitrary filesystem locations during installation. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must install a malicious gem. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8qxg-mff5-j3wc RubyGems Path Traversal vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3621-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:33:49.201Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-1000079

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-03-13T15:29:00.783

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:39:35.650

Link: CVE-2018-1000079

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2018-1000079 - Bugzilla

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