vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3626-1 (CVE-2018-6914): Ruby vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Apr 3, 2018 | Apr 25, 2018 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 3, 2018
Added
Apr 25, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 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
ubuntu-upgrade-libruby1-9-1ubuntu-upgrade-libruby2-0ubuntu-upgrade-libruby2-3ubuntu-upgrade-ruby1-9-1ubuntu-upgrade-ruby1-9-3ubuntu-upgrade-ruby2-0ubuntu-upgrade-ruby2-3
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