CVE-2018-6914

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-6914
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-04-03T22:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-07-21T12:15:14
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-22 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.2.0 2.2.10
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.3.0 2.3.7
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.4.0 2.4.4
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.5.0 2.5.1
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.6.0:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/unintentional-file-and-directory-creation-with-directory-traversal-cve-2018-6914/ Vendor Advisory
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/ruby-2-4-4-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-2-2-10-released/ Patch Release Notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103686 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6914
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6914
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:40:39 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 04:17:36 2018-04-03T22:29Z 2018-04-03T22:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 04:17:36 2019-07-21T12:15:14 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 04:17:36 Modified Vulnerability Status updated