SB2018032913 - Path traversal in ruby (Alpine package) 



SB2018032913 - Path traversal in ruby (Alpine package)

Published: March 29, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018032913
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6914)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary files on the target system.

The weakness exists in the Dir.mktmpdir method in the tmpdir library due to path traversal. A remote attacker can create a directory or a file at any directory in the prefix argument.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.