CVE-2018-8780

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
• https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/
• https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/poisoned-nul-byte-dir-cve-2018-8780/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103739
• https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
• https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663

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