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openSUSE: 2018:1908-1 Important: rubygem-yard Directory Traversal

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Calendar Grey July 7, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This report highlights a critical patch for rubygem-yard that addresses directory traversal issues in openSUSE distributions.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for rubygem-yard fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2017-17042: The server in YARD did not block relative paths with an

initial ../ sequence, which allowed attackers to conduct directory

traversal attacks and read arbitrary files (bsc#1070263).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-707=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

ruby2.1-rubygem-yard-0.8.7.3-8.3.1

ruby2.1-rubygem-yard-doc-0.8.7.3-8.3.1

ruby2.1-rubygem-yard-testsuite-0.8.7.3-8.3.1

ruby2.2-rubygem-yard-0.8.7.3-8.3.1

ruby2.2-rubygem-yard-doc-0.8.7.3-8.3.1

ruby2.2-rubygem-yard-testsuite-0.8.7.3-8.3.1

ruby2.3-rubygem-yard-0.8.7.3-8.3.1

ruby2.3-rubygem-yard-doc-0.8.7.3-8.3.1

ruby2.3-rubygem-yard-testsuite-0.8.7.3-8.3.1

ruby2.4-rubygem-yard-0.8.7.3-8.3.1

ruby2.4-rubygem-yard-doc-0.8.7.3-8.3.1

ruby2.4-rubygem-yard-testsuite-0.8.7.3-8.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17042.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1070263

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:1908-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3

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