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…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

27.1% · top 1.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (29)

• SUSE-SR:2008:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29357 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20080325 rPSA-2008-0123-1 ruby (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• VU#404515 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 28123 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:141 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 20080306 [DSECRG-08-018] Ruby 1.8.6 (Webrick Httpd 1.3.1) Directory traversal file Download Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1981 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 5215 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• 29232 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ruby-webrick-directory-traversal(41010) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 31687 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20080306 Re: [DSECRG-08-018] Ruby 1.8.6 (Webrick Httpd 1.3.1) Directory traversal file Download Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-2458 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0897 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-06-30 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/03/03/webrick-file-access-vulnerability/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0787 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 30802 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10937 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 1019562 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2338 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 32371 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:142 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 29536 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-2443 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:08 UTC.