In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, the Dir.open, Dir.new, Dir.entries and Dir.empty? methods do not check NULL characters. When using the corresponding method, unintentional directory traversal may be performed.
References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103739 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259 Third Party Advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/poisoned-nul-byte-dir-cve-2018-8780/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/ Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/ Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/ Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/ Patch Vendor Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-04-03T22:00:00

Updated: 2020-03-03T18:06:19

Reserved: 2018-03-19T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2018-8780

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-03T22:29:00.947

Modified: 2019-07-21T12:15:15.740


Link: CVE-2018-8780

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