vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2018-6914: ruby1.8, ruby1.9.1, ruby2.5 -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Apr 3, 2018 | Aug 2, 2018 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 3, 2018
Added
Aug 2, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Dir.mktmpdir method in the tmpdir library in Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1 might allow attackers to create arbitrary directories or files via a .. (dot dot) in the prefix argument.
Solutions
debian-upgrade-ruby1-8debian-upgrade-ruby1-9-1debian-upgrade-ruby2-5
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