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USN-6731-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17042)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-04-15 10:27 – Updated: 2026-06-25 10:46 – Source website
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yard vulnerabilities
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It was discovered that 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. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-17042)

It was discovered that yard before 0.9.20 is affected by a path traversal vulnerability, allowing HTTP requests to access arbitrary files under certain conditions. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-1020001)

Aviv Keller discovered that the "frames.html" file within the Yard Doc's generated documentation is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks due to inadequate sanitization of user input within the JavaScript segment of the "frames.erb" template file. (CVE-2024-27285)

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  "id": "USN-6731-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:20Z",
  "published": "2024-04-15T10:27:32Z",
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