Name: CVE-2017-5946: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-5946, CWE-22, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.03441

The Zip::File component in the rubyzip gem before 1.2.1 for Ruby has a directory traversal vulnerability. If a site allows uploading of .zip files, an attacker can upload a malicious file that uses "../" pathname substrings to write arbitrary files to the filesystem.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade ruby-zipUpgrade libzip-ruby	Mar 5, 2017	Feb 27, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade ruby2.1-rubygem-rubyzip-testsuiteUpgrade ruby2.2-rubygem-rubyzip-testsuiteUpgrade ruby2.3-rubygem-rubyzip-docUpgrade ruby2.2-rubygem-rubyzip-docUpgrade ruby2.2-rubygem-rubyzipUpgrade ruby2.3-rubygem-rubyzip-testsuiteUpgrade ruby2.1-rubygem-rubyzipUpgrade ruby2.4-rubygem-rubyzipUpgrade ruby2.4-rubygem-rubyzip-docUpgrade ruby2.3-rubygem-rubyzipUpgrade ruby2.1-rubygem-rubyzip-docUpgrade ruby2.4-rubygem-rubyzip-testsuite	Aug 10, 2017	Feb 27, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libzip-ruby	Nov 19, 2024	Feb 27, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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