Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails
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HIGH
GHSA-xrr4-p6fq-hjg7
CVE-2016-0752
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.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable Versions | Patched Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems |
actionview
|
>= 4.2.0, <= 4.2.5.0>= 4.0.0, <= 4.1.14.0 |
4.2.5.1
|
Actions
Advisory Details
| Published: | October 24, 2017 over 8 years ago |
| Updated: | June 04, 2026 about 1 hour ago |
| CVSS Score: | 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:H |
| EPSS: | 90.49% 100th percentile |
| Source: | Github |
| Classification: | GENERAL |
| UUID: | MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLXhycjQtcDZmcS1oamc3 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0752
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xrr4-p6fq-hjg7
- 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
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2016-0752.yml
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionview/CVE-2016-0752.yml
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/335P1DcLG00
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210618005620/https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/335P1DcLG00/JXcBnTtZEgAJ
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210621170450/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210723192420/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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0752