Vulnerability advisory
GHSA-29gr-w57f-rpfw
actionpack vulnerable to Path Traversal
Also known as CVE-2014-7818
Severity
Severity not reported.
Affected versions
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.20, 4.0.x before 4.0.11, 4.1.x before 4.1.7, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.beta3, when serve_static_assets is enabled, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the application root via a /..%2F sequence.
References
- Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7818 ↗
- Advisorygithub.com/advisories/GHSA-29gr-w57f-rpfw ↗
- Webgithub.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2014-7818.yml ↗
- Webgroups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/dCp7duBiQgo ↗
- Webgroups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/dCp7duBiQgo/v_R_8PFs5IwJ ↗
- Webpuppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-7829 ↗
- Weblists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html ↗