CVE-2017-5946

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5946
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-27 07:59:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-14 12:47:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Zip::File component in the rubyzip gem before 1.2.1 for Ruby has a directory traversal vulnerability. If a site allows uploading of .zip files, an attacker can upload a malicious file that uses "../" pathname substrings to write arbitrary files to the filesystem.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Rubyzip Project Rubyzip All All All All
Application Rubyzip Project Rubyzip All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Directory traversal vulnerability · Issue #315 · rubyzip/rubyzip · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
rubyzip CVE-2017-5946 Directory Traversal Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Releases · rubyzip/rubyzip · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3801-1 ruby-zip DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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