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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade railsUpgrade ruby-actionpack-3.2 | Feb 15, 2016 | Jan 31, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade rubygem-actionpackUpgrade rubygem-railsUpgrade rubygem-activerecord4Upgrade rubygem-rails-html-sanitizerUpgrade rubygem-activerecordUpgrade rubygem-actionviewUpgrade rubygem-activemodel4Upgrade rubygem-rails4Upgrade rubygem-actionpack4 | 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 portusUpgrade rubygem-actionpack-3_2 | Feb 15, 2016 | Feb 15, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade rails | Nov 19, 2024 | Feb 16, 2016 |
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