vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-5946): libzip-ruby vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 27, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

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.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-libzip-ruby
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