Description
BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom designed to help teachers teach and learners learn. An attacker may be able to exploit the overly elevated file permissions in the `/usr/local/bigbluebutton/core/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/resque-2.6.0` directory with the goal of privilege escalation, potentially exposing sensitive information on the server. This issue has been patched in version(s) 2.6.18, 2.7.8 and 3.0.0-alpha.7.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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< 2.6.18affected>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.8affected>= 2.8.0, < 3.0.0-alpha.7affected
References
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/security/advisories/GHSA-5966-9hw8-q96q ↗
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/04e916798b6b1f53f88513df3168f009b57b8f18 ↗
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/b9a46197ed924783f06a24381e923b3329b9c91a ↗
- https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton/commit/f4502e4927609374f5356f824f5dac0101f9976a ↗