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SUSE: 2018:1890-1 Important: Rubygem-Yard Directory Traversal Patch

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Calendar Grey July 5, 2018
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This release fixes a critical issue in the humongous-media library, improving Fedora's protection against vulnerabilities.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

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). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-1286=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): ruby2.1-rubygem-yard-0.8.7.3-7.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory directory traversal important SUSE Linux rubygem-yard

References

#1070263

Cross- CVE-2017-17042

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1070263

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1890-1
Rating: important

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