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Red Hat: CVE-2018-8780: Moderate: ruby security update (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-8780: Moderate: ruby security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/03/2018
Created
08/08/2019
Added
08/07/2019
Modified
03/03/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-ruby
  • redhat-upgrade-ruby-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-ruby-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-ruby-doc
  • redhat-upgrade-ruby-irb
  • redhat-upgrade-ruby-libs
  • redhat-upgrade-ruby-tcltk
  • redhat-upgrade-rubygem-bigdecimal
  • redhat-upgrade-rubygem-io-console
  • redhat-upgrade-rubygem-json
  • redhat-upgrade-rubygem-minitest
  • redhat-upgrade-rubygem-psych
  • redhat-upgrade-rubygem-rake
  • redhat-upgrade-rubygem-rdoc
  • redhat-upgrade-rubygems
  • redhat-upgrade-rubygems-devel

References

  • 103739
  • DSA-4259
  • CVE-2018-8780
  • RHSA-2018:3729
  • RHSA-2018:3730
  • RHSA-2018:3731
  • RHSA-2019:2028
  • RHSA-2020:0542
  • RHSA-2020:0591
  • RHSA-2020:0663
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