CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Apache.
CVE
CVE-2019-11879
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.55%
Apache
Original NVD 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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