CVE-2016-0752: Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability
High · CVSS 7.5 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 95.5%, 100th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: redhat
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Rails: Ruby on Rails
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178044.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178069.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html (opens in new tab)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html (opens in new tab)
- groups.google.com/forum/message/raw (opens in new tab)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561/ (opens in new tab)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/13 (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801 (opens in new tab)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)