Path Traversal in Ruby-Lang Ruby
CVE-2008-1145
Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1.9 through 1.9.0-1, when running on systems that support backslash (\) path separators or case-insensitive file names, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via (1) "..%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences or (2) filenames that match patterns in the :NondisclosureName option.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.278 (98.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.278 · newest: 0.278 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ruby-Lang Ruby — versions 1.9.0, 1.9.0.1
- Ruby-Lang Webrick
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 7, 8
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123 (Broken Link)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 (Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29357 (Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490056/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/404515 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28123 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489205/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references (Permissions Required, vdb-entry)