CVE-2018-6914
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6914
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6914.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-6914
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-04-03T22:29:00.587Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-10T14:43:17.115618Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
-
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103686
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/unintentional-file-and-directory-creation-with-directory-traversal-cve-2018-6914/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/ruby/ruby
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/ruby/ruby
- Events
-
IntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "versions": [ { "introduced": "2.2.0" }, { "fixed": "2.2.10" }, { "introduced": "2.3.0" }, { "fixed": "2.3.7" }, { "introduced": "2.4.0" }, { "fixed": "2.4.4" }, { "introduced": "2.5.0" }, { "fixed": "2.5.1" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "2.6.0-preview1" } ] }
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6914.json"
unresolved_ranges
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