CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5946
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
The 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.
Affected configurations
• rubyzip project rubyzip (< 1.2.1)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3801 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96445 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/issues/315 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/releases Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3801 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96445 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/issues/315 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/releases Third Party Advisory