Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Dir.mktmpdir method in the tmpdir library 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 might allow attackers to create arbitrary directories or files via a .. (dot dot) in the prefix argument.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 7.5/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103686Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/Patch, Release Notes
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/Patch, Release Notes
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/Patch, Release Notes
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/Patch, Release Notes
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/unintentional-file-and-directory-creation-with-directory-traversal-cve-2018-6914/Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103686Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/Patch, Release Notes
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/Patch, Release Notes
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/Patch, Release Notes
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/Patch, Release Notes
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/unintentional-file-and-directory-creation-with-directory-traversal-cve-2018-6914/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 3, 2018
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified