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GSD-2017-17042

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2017-11-28 00:00
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lib/yard/core_ext/file.rb in the server in YARD before 0.9.11 does not block relative paths with an initial ../ sequence, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files.
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CVE-2017-17042
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