CVE - CVE-2018-1000079

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-1000079	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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DEBIAN:DSA-4219 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219 DEBIAN:DSA-4259 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259 MISC:http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html MISC:https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/666ef793cad42eed96f7aee1cdf77865db921099 MISC:https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/f83f911e19e27cbac1ccce7471d96642241dd759 MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20180714 [SECURITY] [DLA 1421-1] ruby2.1 security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html REDHAT:RHSA-2018:3729 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729 REDHAT:RHSA-2018:3730 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730 REDHAT:RHSA-2018:3731 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731 REDHAT:RHSA-2019:2028 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028 REDHAT:RHSA-2020:0542 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542 REDHAT:RHSA-2020:0591 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591 REDHAT:RHSA-2020:0663 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2019:1771 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html UBUNTU:USN-3621-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20180221	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20180221)
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