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ALPINE-CVE-2018-6914
ALPINE-CVE-2018-6914
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from OSV · Published April 3, 2018
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Dir.mktmpdir method in the tmpdir library in Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1 might allow attackers to create arbitrary directories or files via a .. (dot dot) in the prefix argument.
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| ruby | Alpine:v3.23 | 2.5.1-r0 |
| ruby | Alpine:v3.8 | 2.5.1-r0 |
| ruby | Alpine:v3.20 | 2.5.1-r0 |
| ruby | Alpine:v3.12 | 2.5.1-r0 |
| ruby | Alpine:v3.15 | 2.5.1-r0 |
| ruby | Alpine:v3.16 | 2.5.1-r0 |
| ruby | Alpine:v3.14 | 2.5.1-r0 |
| ruby | Alpine:v3.22 | 2.5.1-r0 |
| ruby | Alpine:v3.17 | 2.5.1-r0 |
| ruby | Alpine:v3.7 | 2.4.4-r0 |
| ruby | Alpine:v3.19 | 2.5.1-r0 |
| ruby | Alpine:v3.24 | 2.5.1-r0 |
9 more packages have a fixed version. See every fix in Lookup.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.23 | ruby | 2.2.0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.8 | ruby | 2.4.2-r0, 0, 1.8.7_p160-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | ruby | 0, 2.2.0 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | ruby | 1.8.7_p160-r2, 1.8.7_p174-r2, 1.8.7_p174-r4 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | ruby | 2.0.0_p353-r2, 2.3.3-r2, 2.1.5-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | ruby | 2.2.0, 2.4.3-r0, 2.2.3-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | ruby | 2.0.0_p247-r1, 0, 1.8.7_p160-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ruby | 2.2.0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | ruby | 1.8.7_p174-r2, 1.8.7_p174-r4, 1.8.7_p174-r6 |
| Alpine:v3.7 | ruby | 1.8.7_p72-r1, 2.2.0, 2.1.5-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | ruby | 2.2.1-r0, 2.2.0, 2.3.3-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | ruby | 2.2.0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | ruby | 2.0.0_p481-r0, 2.0.0_p353-r1, 2.0.0_p195-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.11 | ruby | 2.4.1-r2, 0, 1.8.7_p174-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.5 | ruby | 2.2.3-r0, 2.2.0, 2.3.1-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.10 | ruby | 1.8.7_p299-r1, 2.2.0, 2.3.3-r3 |
| Alpine:v3.4 | ruby | 0, 2.2.0, 2.2.3-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | ruby | 0, 2.2.0 |
| Alpine:v3.6 | ruby | 2.0.0_p247-r0, 1.9.3_p385-r0, 1.9.3_p327-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | ruby | 1.8.7_p160-r2, 1.8.7_p174-r3, 1.8.7_p174-r6 |
…and 1 more
Timeline
- Apr 3, 2018 CVE Published
- Jul 8, 2026 CVE Updated
- Aug 8, 2026 Distribution Patch
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