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CVE-2018-1000201: Untrusted Search Path

June 22, 2018 (updated August 13, 2018)

ruby-ffi has a DLL loading issue which can be hijacked on Windows OS, when a Symbol is used as DLL name instead of a String.

References

  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000201

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions up to 1.9.23

Fixed versions

  • 1.9.24

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.9.24 or above.

Impact 7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path

Source file

gem/ffi/CVE-2018-1000201.yml

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