PT-2017-18325 · Ruby · Rubocop

Published 2017-05-02 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-8418

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions RuboCop versions 0.48.1 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to exploit the unsafe use of /tmp, enabling them to tamper with cache files belonging to other users.

Recommendations For RuboCop versions 0.48.1 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-668

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8418

GHSA-WMJF-JPJJ-9F3J

Affected Products

Rubocop

References · 13

• 🔥 https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop/issues/4336 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubocop/CVE-2017-8418.yml · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/14 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8418 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8418 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8418 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8418 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8418 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-wmjf-jpjj-9f3j · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8418 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8418 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop · Note
• https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/commit/dcb258fabd5f2624c1ea0e1634763094590c09d7 · Note