CVE-2017-5946: Directory traversal vulnerability in RubyZip

CVE-2017-5946 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2017-10-24

Directory traversal vulnerability in RubyZip

Technologies: rubyzip (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2017-5946 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2017-5946 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2017-5946?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 24 October 2017.
Which products and versions are affected?
rubyzip (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.2.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2017-5946?
Yes. rubyzip (RubyGems): upgrade to 1.2.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2017-5946?
Check whether you run rubyzip (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • rubyzip (RubyGems): upgrade to 1.2.1 or later
    bundle update rubyzip

Affected products

  • rubyzip (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.2.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2017-5946
  • GHSA-gcqq-w6gr-h9j9

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