medium5.0
CVE-2014-7829
Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.21, 4.0.x before 4.0.12…
Impact
Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.21, 4.0.x before 4.0.12, 4.1.x before 4.1.8, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.beta4, when serve_static_assets is enabled, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the application root via vectors involving a \ (backslash) character, a similar issue to CVE-2014-7818.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Opensuse | Opensuse | Versions 12.3, 13.1, 13.2 |
| Rubyonrails | Rails | Versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5 |
| Rubyonrails | Ruby On Rails | Versions 3.0.4, 3.2.19, 3.2.20, 4.0.11 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71183
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/rMTQy4oRCGk/loS_CRS8mNEJ
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-7829
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71183
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/rMTQy4oRCGk/loS_CRS8mNEJ
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-7829