GHSA-h56m-vwxc-3qpw

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    GHSA-h56m-vwxc-3qpw

    Published: 24 Oct 2017Last Modified: 29 Nov 2024
    Aliases:
    CVE-2014-7829

    Summary: Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack

    Details: 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: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7829, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h56m-vwxc-3qpw, https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2014-7829.yml, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/rMTQy4oRCGk, https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/rMTQy4oRCGk/loS_CRS8mNEJ, https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-7829, https://web.archive.org/web/20160403085126/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71183, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: actionpack

    Purl: pkg:gem/actionpack

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 4.1.0
    Fixed -4.1.8

    Affected versions

    4.1.0
    4.1.1
    4.1.2
    4.1.2.rc1
    4.1.2.rc2
    4.1.2.rc3
    4.1.3
    4.1.4
    4.1.5
    4.1.6
    4.1.6.rc1
    4.1.6.rc2
    4.1.7
    4.1.7.1

    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