CVE-2019-8320

high

Description

A Directory Traversal issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.7.6 and later through 3.0.2. Before making new directories or touching files (which now include path-checking code for symlinks), it would delete the target destination. If that destination was hidden behind a symlink, a malicious gem could delete arbitrary files on the user's machine, presuming the attacker could guess at paths. Given how frequently gem is run as sudo, and how predictable paths are on modern systems (/tmp, /usr, etc.), this could likely lead to data loss or an unusable system.

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.html

https://hackerone.com/reports/317321

https://blog.rubygems.org/2019/03/05/security-advisories-2019-03.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1429

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-06-06

Updated: 2020-08-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: High