CVE-2018-1000073 — Link Following in Rubygems
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 22.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 13
Latest updateMay 13
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 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages5 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
5📋Vendor Advisories
4💬Community
3Bugzilla▶
CVE-2018-1000073 CVE-2018-1000074 CVE-2018-1000075 CVE-2018-1000076 CVE-2018-1000077 CVE-2018-1000078 CVE-2018-1000079 rubygems: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2018-02-21
Bugzilla▶
CVE-2018-1000079 rubygems: Path traversal issue during gem installation allows to write to arbitrary filesystem locations↗2018-02-21
Bugzilla▶
CVE-2018-1000073 rubygems: Path traversal when writing to a symlinked basedir outside of the root↗2018-02-21