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Debian: CVE-2016-0752: rails, ruby-actionpack-3.2 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-0752: rails, ruby-actionpack-3.2 -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/31/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/15/2016
Modified
04/07/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-rails
  • debian-upgrade-ruby-actionpack-3-2

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