In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, the Dir.open, Dir.new, Dir.entries and Dir.empty? methods do not check NULL characters. When using the corresponding method, unintentional directory traversal may be performed.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1358-1 ruby1.9.1 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1359-1 ruby1.8 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1421-1 ruby2.1 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4259-1 ruby2.3 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-20389 In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, the Dir.open, Dir.new, Dir.entries and Dir.empty? methods do not check NULL characters. When using the corresponding method, unintentional directory traversal may be performed.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3626-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:02:26.043Z

Reserved: 2018-03-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-8780

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-03T22:29:00.947

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:14:17.963

Link: CVE-2018-8780

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-03-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-8780 - Bugzilla

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