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Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-1000544): ruby-zip vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-1000544): ruby-zip vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/26/2018
Created
11/21/2024
Added
11/19/2024
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

rubyzip gem rubyzip version 1.2.1 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in Zip::File component that can result in write arbitrary files to the filesystem. This attack appear to be exploitable via If a site allows uploading of .zip files , an attacker can upload a malicious file that contains symlinks or files with absolute pathnames "../" to write arbitrary files to the filesystem..

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ruby-zip

References

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