The WEBrick gem 1.4.2 for Ruby allows directory traversal if the attacker once had local access to create a symlink to a location outside of the web root directory. NOTE: The vendor states that this is analogous to Options FollowSymlinks in the Apache HTTP Server, and therefore it is "not a problem.
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https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15835 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-05-10T16:00:31

Updated: 2019-05-10T16:00:31

Reserved: 2019-05-10T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2019-11879

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-05-10T16:29:01.737

Modified: 2024-05-17T01:31:57.620


Link: CVE-2019-11879

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