Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201810000790000000
Revision Date:2018-03-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-1000079 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description: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 gem installation that can result in the gem could write to arbitrary filesystem locations during installation. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must install a malicious gem. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-1000079
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • jruby: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'reached end-of-life').
  • OR ruby2.5 package in cosmic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.5.1-1').
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