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Link Following Affecting ruby2.3 package, versions <2.3.3-1+deb9u3

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.55% (78th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
5.5 medium
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Red Hat
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-RUBY23-308551
  • published 13 Mar 2018
  • disclosed 13 Mar 2018
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Introduced: 13 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-1000073 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-59 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 ruby2.3 to version 2.3.3-1+deb9u3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby2.3 package and not the ruby2.3 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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