Description
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, the Dir.open, Dir.new, Dir.entries and Dir.empty? methods do not check NULL characters. When using the corresponding method, unintentional directory traversal may be performed.
References (20)
Core 20
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/poisoned-nul-byte-dir-cve-2018-8780/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103739
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.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
9.1
EPSS
0.0179
EPSS Percentile
83.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (8)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
17.10
debian/debian_linux
7.0
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
ruby-lang/ruby
2.6.0 preview1
ruby-lang/ruby
< 2.2.10
Published
Apr 03, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026