GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems
GHSA-7m2w-9gw7-c3xp open-uri-cached Gem for Ruby Unsafe Temporary File Creation Enables Code Execution
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2015-3649
- Ecosystem
- RubyGems
- Packages
- open-uri-cached
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
- Reviewed
- 2023-06-09
Affected packages
• RubyGems open-uri-cached: <= 1.0.0 (no fix yet)
Description
The open-uri-cached rubygem allows local users to execute arbitrary Ruby code by creating a directory under /tmp containing "openuri-" followed by a crafted UID, and putting Ruby code in said directory once a metafile is created.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2015-3649 The open-uri-cached rubygem allows local users to execute arbitrary Ruby code by creating a directory under /tmp containing "openuri-"… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3649 advisory
- https://github.com/tigris/open-uri-cached/issues/8 web
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/open-uri-cached/CVE-2015-3649.yml web
- https://github.com/tigris/open-uri-cached package
- https://github.com/tigris/open-uri-cached/blob/master/lib/open-uri/cached.rb web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210119122105/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74469 web
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/373 web
- http://www.benjaminfleischer.com/2013/03/20/yaml-and-security-in-ruby web
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/06/2 web