Name: CVE-2016-2097: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-2097, CWE-22, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.02343

Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2 and 4.x before 4.1.14.2 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0752.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade ruby-actionpack-3.2Upgrade rails	Apr 7, 2016	Mar 9, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade rubygem-actionpack4Upgrade rubygem-actionviewUpgrade rubygem-railsUpgrade rubygem-actionpackUpgrade rubygem-rails4	Dec 10, 2025	Mar 6, 2016
Ruby_on_rails	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Ruby on Rails	Jan 3, 2020	Apr 7, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade rubygem-actionpack-3_2	Mar 22, 2016	Mar 22, 2016

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CVSS Details

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