CVE-2014-7829
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,…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.16% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · rubyonrails/rails · rubyonrails/ruby on rails
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71183
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/rMTQy4oRCGk/loS_CRS8mNEJExploit
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-7829
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71183
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/rMTQy4oRCGk/loS_CRS8mNEJExploit
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-7829
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.