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CVE-2018-1000073 (rubygems-update): RubyGems Link Following vulnerability

ADVISORIES

GEM

rubygems-update

SEVERITY

CVSS v3.x: 7.5 (High)

PATCHED VERSIONS

  • >= 2.7.6

DESCRIPTION

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in install_location function of package.rb that can result in path traversal when writing to a symlinked basedir outside of the root. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

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