vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-1000544): ruby-zip vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 26, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

rubyzip gem rubyzip version 1.2.1 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in Zip::File component that can result in write arbitrary files to the filesystem. This attack appear to be exploitable via If a site allows uploading of .zip files , an attacker can upload a malicious file that contains symlinks or files with absolute pathnames "../" to write arbitrary files to the filesystem..

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-ruby-zip
Title
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