CVE-2017-8418
low
CVSS v3
3.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.3
Description
RuboCop 0.48.1 and earlier does not use /tmp in safe way, allowing local users to exploit this to tamper with cache files belonging to other users.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
34%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.49.1+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.49.1+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.49.1+dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.49.1+dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.49.1+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubocop_project | rubocop | {"endIncluding":"0.48.1"} | |
References
- https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop/issues/4336
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/14
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8418
- https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/commit/dcb258fabd5f2624c1ea0e1634763094590c09d7
- https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rubocop/CVE-2017-8418.yml
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8418
CWEs
CWE-668
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.