Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Oct 24, 2017
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Aug 25, 2023
Package
Affected versions
>= 3.0.0, < 3.2.21
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.12
>= 4.1.0, < 4.1.8
>= 4.2.0.beta1, < 4.2.0.beta4
Patched versions
3.2.21
4.0.12
4.1.8
4.2.0.beta4
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Nov 18, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Oct 24, 2017
Reviewed
Jun 17, 2020
Last updated
Aug 25, 2023
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.
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