Information disclosure in Sprockets - CVE-2018-3760

 

Information disclosure in Sprockets - CVE-2018-3760

Published: July 5, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13592
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3760
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to an error that allows to access files outside an application's root directory. A local user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


Affected software

Sprockets
Debian Linux
Opensuse
Fedora
rubygem-sprockets

How to mitigate CVE-2018-3760

Install updates from vendor's website.

Sprockets - addressed in versions 2.12.5, 3.7.2, 4.0.0.beta8
rubygem-sprockets - addressed in versions 3.7.2-1.fc27, 3.7.2-1.fc28

External References

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