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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-28966: Path Traversal

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-28966: Path Traversal

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/27/2021
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
06/11/2024

Description

In Ruby through 3.0 on Windows, a remote attacker can submit a crafted path when a Web application handles a parameter with TmpDir.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-ruby

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