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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-1000079: Security patch for ruby20, ruby22, ruby23, ruby24 (ALAS-2018-983)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-1000079: Security patch for ruby20, ruby22, ruby23, ruby24 (ALAS-2018-983)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/13/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/06/2018
Modified
10/14/2022

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 gem installation that can result in the gem could write to arbitrary filesystem locations during installation. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must install a malicious gem. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade--ruby22
  • amazon-linux-upgrade--ruby23
  • amazon-linux-upgrade--ruby24
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby20

References

  • ALAS-2018-983
  • USN-3621-1
  • USN-3621-2
  • DSA-4219
  • DSA-4259
  • CVE-2018-1000079

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