CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-6914

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.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/unintentional-file-and-directory-creation-with-directory-traversal-cve-2018-6914/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/ Patch Release Notes
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/ Patch Release Notes
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/ Patch Release Notes
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/ Patch Release Notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103686 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.6.0:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-04-03 10:29

Updated : 2019-07-21 12:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-6914

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6914

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-22