🛡️ CVE-2018-1000073 — rubygems-update

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-59 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

RubyGems Link Following vulnerability

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2018-1000073 is classified as CWE-59: Link Following. The software follows symbolic or hard links without verifying their target, so a planted link can redirect an operation to a sensitive file.

Affected software

CVE-2018-1000073 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • org.jruby:jruby-stdlib (fixed in 9.1.16.0)
  • rubygems-update (fixed in 2.7.6)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 May 2022 and last revised on 12 March 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
www.debian.org (Web)
www.debian.org (Web)
usn.ubuntu.com (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
bugs.debian.org (Web)
access.redhat.com (Web)
access.redhat.com (Web)
access.redhat.com (Web)
access.redhat.com (Web)
access.redhat.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-59
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-13
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-03-12
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.jruby:jruby-stdlib 9.1.16.0
rubygems-update 2.7.6

References

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