CVE-2018-1000544
Description
rubyzip gem rubyzip version 1.2.1 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in Zip::File component that can result in write arbitrary files to the filesystem. This attack appear to be exploitable via If a site allows uploading of .zip files , an attacker can upload a malicious file that contains symlinks or files with absolute pathnames "../" to write arbitrary files to the filesystem..
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.2.2-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.2.2-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.2.2-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.2.2-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.2.2-1 |
References
- https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/issues/369
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000544
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3466
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubyzip/CVE-2018-1000544.yml
- https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00002.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1000544
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.