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.
References (14)
Core 14
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1b931fc03b819b9a0214be3eaca844ef534175e2
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00028.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0106
EPSS Percentile
77.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (3)
org.jruby/jruby-stdlib
0 - 9.1.16.0Maven
rubygems/rubygems
< 2.2.9
rubygems/rubygems-update
0 - 2.7.6RubyGems
Published
Mar 13, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026