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SUSE: CVE-2017-17042: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/28/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/07/2018
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

lib/yard/core_ext/file.rb in the server in YARD before 0.9.11 does not block relative paths with an initial ../ sequence, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-ruby2-1-rubygem-yard
  • suse-upgrade-yast2-buildtools
  • suse-upgrade-yast2-devtools

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