vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-1000073: Security patch for ruby20, ruby22, ruby23, ruby24 (ALAS-2018-983)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Mar 13, 2018 | Apr 6, 2018 | Aug 25, 2020 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Mar 13, 2018
Added
Apr 6, 2018
Modified
Aug 25, 2020
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.
Solutions
amazon-linux-upgrade--ruby22amazon-linux-upgrade--ruby23amazon-linux-upgrade--ruby24amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby20
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