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RubyGems Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following) Vulnerability - CVE-2018-1000073 - Vulnerability Database
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RubyGems Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following) Vulnerability - CVE-2018-1000073

High
Reference: CVE-2018-1000073
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000073
Title: RubyGems Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following) Vulnerability
Overview:

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in install_location function of package.rb that can result in path traversal when writing to a symlinked basedir outside of the root. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.