vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-8320: Path Traversal
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C) | Jun 6, 2019 | Jun 6, 2019 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 6, 2019
Added
Jun 6, 2019
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
A Directory Traversal issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.7.6 and later through 3.0.2. Before making new directories or touching files (which now include path-checking code for symlinks), it would delete the target destination. If that destination was hidden behind a symlink, a malicious gem could delete arbitrary files on the user's machine, presuming the attacker could guess at paths. Given how frequently gem is run as sudo, and how predictable paths are on modern systems (/tmp, /usr, etc.), this could likely lead to data loss or an unusable system.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-ruby
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