Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201810000790000000
Revision Date:2018-03-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-1000079 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - 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 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • jruby package in xenial is affected and may need fixing.
  • OR ruby2.3 package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.3.1-2~16.04.7').
  • BACK