Vulnerability in Ruby-Lang Ruby
CVE-2011-1004
The FileUtils.remove_entry_secure method in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-330, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through 1.9.1-430, 1.9.2 through 1.9.2-136, and 1.9.3dev allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (30.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ruby-Lang Ruby — versions 1.8.6, 1.8.7, 1.8.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0910.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46460 (vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/5 (mailing-list, Patch)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0539 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/43573 (third-party-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/21/2 (mailing-list, Patch)
- osvdb.org/70958 (vdb-entry)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/054422.html (vendor-advisory)