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    CVE-2016-0752

    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.

    Published:Jan 25, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 22, 2026
    EPS:Feb 16, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.91051
    CVSS Score:7.5

    CISA Notification

    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.

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    Apr 15, 2022
    1610 days ago
    Alert Date
    Mar 25, 2022
    1631 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Software Collections
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Software Collections
    Vendor
    Rubyonrails
    Product
    Rails
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Linux Enterprise Module For Containers

    Exploits

    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/13https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561/http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/13https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561https://github.com/dachidahu/CVE-2016-0752https://github.com/forced-request/rails-rce-cve-2016-0752

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    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178044.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178069.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/13
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
    https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/335P1DcLG00/JXcBnTtZEgAJ
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561/
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178044.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178069.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/13
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
    https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/335P1DcLG00/JXcBnTtZEgAJ
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561/
    https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0752

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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