CVE-2018-6914
Published: 3 April 2018
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Dir.mktmpdir method in the tmpdir library 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 might allow attackers to create arbitrary directories or files via a .. (dot dot) in the prefix argument.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 7.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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ruby1.9.1 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Does not exist
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| bionic |
Does not exist
|
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| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was released [1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.11])
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
ruby2.0 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Does not exist
|
| bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was released [2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.9])
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
|
ruby2.3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Released
(2.3.3-1ubuntu1.5)
|
| bionic |
Does not exist
|
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(2.3.1-2~16.04.9)
|
|
|
ruby2.5 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Does not exist
|
| bionic |
Released
(2.5.1-1)
|
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6914
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/unintentional-file-and-directory-creation-with-directory-traversal-cve-2018-6914/
- https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/10b96900b90914b0cc1dba36f9736c038db2859d.patch
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3626-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian