GoogleOSV:GHSA-H56M-VWXC-3QPWDirectory traversal vulnerability in actionpack
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
77.0%
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.
References
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html
github.com/advisories/GHSA-h56m-vwxc-3qpw
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2014-7829.yml
groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/rMTQy4oRCGk
groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/rMTQy4oRCGk/loS_CRS8mNEJ
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7829
puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-7829
web.archive.org/web/20160403085126/www.securityfocus.com/bid/71183
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