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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 10, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-11879

CVE-2019-11879

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.

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Affected products

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  • Ruby Lang/Webrick2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:webrick:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:webrick:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: = 1.4.2
  • Ruby/WEBrick gemdescription

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