Upstream information
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database | 
|---|---|
| Base Score | 5 | 
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N | 
| Access Vector | Network | 
| Access Complexity | Low | 
| Authentication | None | 
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial | 
| Integrity Impact | None | 
| Availability Impact | None | 
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SR:2008:017, published Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000
 
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References | 
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4  |  
  |  Patchnames:  SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA ruby-devel-1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1  | 
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 | 
  |  Patchnames:  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA ruby-1.8.7.p72-5.24.2  | 
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 | 
  |  Patchnames:  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA ruby-1.8.7.p357-0.7.1  | 
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | 
  |  Patchnames:  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA ruby-1.8.7.p357-0.9.9.1  | 
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | 
  |  Patchnames:  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA ruby-1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA ruby-devel-1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1  | 
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 03:08:30 2013CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:14 2025