CVE-2019-11879
Published May 10, 2019
Last updated 3 months ago
Overview
- Description
- The WEBrick gem 1.4.2 for Ruby allows directory traversal if the attacker once had local access to create a symlink to a location outside of the web root directory. NOTE: The vendor states that this is analogous to Options FollowSymlinks in the Apache HTTP Server, and therefore it is "not a problem.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
- CNA Tags
- disputed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 2.1
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-22
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:webrick:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "9ADDDD85-0724-4092-92A2-94E2D206F62F"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]