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Rails before 1.2.4, as used for Ruby on Rails, allows remote attackers and ActiveResource servers to determine the existence of arbitrary files and read arbitrary XML files via the Hash.from_xml (Hash#from_xml) method, which uses XmlSimple (XML::Simple) unsafely, as demonstrated by reading passwords from the Pidgin (Gaim) .purple/accounts.xml file.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Ruby | — | Apply OS X security update 2007-009 | Dec 16, 2011 | Oct 19, 2007 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade rails | Jul 30, 2024 | Oct 19, 2007 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-ruby/rails. | Oct 30, 2017 | Oct 19, 2007 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade rubygem-activesupport | Dec 12, 2013 | Oct 19, 2007 |
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