CVE-2019-11879

N/A
Published: May 10, 2019 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:13 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWEBrick

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15835

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22CWE-59

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