ADVISORIES

• CVE-2017-8418 (NVD)
• GHSA-wmjf-jpjj-9f3j
• Vendor Advisory

GEM

rubocop

SEVERITY

CVSS v3.x: 3.3 (Low)

CVSS v2.0: 2.1 (Low)

PATCHED VERSIONS

• >= 0.49.0

DESCRIPTION

RuboCop 0.48.1 and earlier does not use /tmp in safe way, allowing local users to exploit this to tamper with cache files belonging to other users.

RELATED

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/14