vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2018-6914: Moderate: ruby security update (RHSA-2019:2028)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Apr 3, 2018 | Aug 7, 2019 | Feb 19, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 3, 2018
Added
Aug 7, 2019
Modified
Feb 19, 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
redhat-upgrade-rubyredhat-upgrade-ruby-debuginforedhat-upgrade-ruby-develredhat-upgrade-ruby-docredhat-upgrade-ruby-irbredhat-upgrade-ruby-libsredhat-upgrade-ruby-tcltkredhat-upgrade-rubygem-bigdecimalredhat-upgrade-rubygem-io-consoleredhat-upgrade-rubygem-jsonredhat-upgrade-rubygem-minitestredhat-upgrade-rubygem-psychredhat-upgrade-rubygem-rakeredhat-upgrade-rubygem-rdocredhat-upgrade-rubygemsredhat-upgrade-rubygems-devel
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