Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2 and 4.x before 4.1.14.2 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0752.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-604-1 | ruby-actionpack-3.2 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3509-1 | rails security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-0314 | Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2 and 4.x before 4.1.14.2 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0752. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-vx9j-46rh-fqr8 | actionview contains Path Traversal vulnerability |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T23:17:50.576Z
Reserved: 2016-01-29T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-2097
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Status : Modified
Published: 2016-04-07T23:59:05.800
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2016-2097
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Github GHSA