Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method and providing a .. (dot dot) in a pathname.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade railsUpgrade ruby-actionpack-3.2 | Feb 15, 2016 | Jan 31, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade rubygem-activerecord4Upgrade rubygem-activemodel4Upgrade rubygem-activerecordUpgrade rubygem-rails-html-sanitizerUpgrade rubygem-rails4Upgrade rubygem-actionviewUpgrade rubygem-actionpack4Upgrade rubygem-actionpackUpgrade rubygem-rails | Dec 10, 2025 | Feb 2, 2016 |
| Ruby_on_rails | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Ruby on Rails | Jan 3, 2020 | Feb 16, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade rubygem-actionpack-3_2Upgrade portus | Feb 15, 2016 | Feb 15, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade rails | Nov 19, 2024 | Feb 16, 2016 |
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