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.
Published: 2014-11-18
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0245 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-h56m-vwxc-3qpw Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:03:26.957Z

Reserved: 2014-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-7829

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-18T23:59:03.427

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-7829

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-11-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-7829 - Bugzilla

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