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Ruby on Rails: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CVE-2016-0752)

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Ruby on Rails: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CVE-2016-0752)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
02/16/2016
Created
01/23/2020
Added
01/03/2020
Modified
11/27/2024

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)

  • ruby-on-rails-upgrade-3_2_22_1
  • ruby-on-rails-upgrade-4_1_14_1
  • ruby-on-rails-upgrade-4_2_5_1

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