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Debian: CVE-2016-2097: rails, ruby-actionpack-3.2 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-2097: rails, ruby-actionpack-3.2 -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/09/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/07/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

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

References

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