CVE-2016-0752 | BDVDB-2026-74465 Detail
RailsRuby on Rails
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.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact none, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
References#
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/13
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178069.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178044.html
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/335P1DcLG00/JXcBnTtZEgAJ
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0752
Exploit#
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.