Fluid Attacks Database

Description

actionpack vulnerable to Path Traversal Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.20, 4.0.x before 4.0.11, 4.1.x before 4.1.7, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.beta3, when serve_static_assets is enabled, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the application root via a /..%2F sequence.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
rubygems	actionpack	>=3.0.0 <3.2.20 \|\| >=4.0.0 <4.0.11 \|\| >=4.1.0 <4.1.7 \|\| >=4.2.0.beta1 <4.2.0.beta3	3.2.20, 4.0.11, 4.1.7, 4.2.0.beta3
debian 12	rails	>=0 <2:4.1.8-1	2:4.1.8-1
debian 13	rails	>=0 <2:4.1.8-1	2:4.1.8-1
debian 14	rails	>=0 <2:4.1.8-1	2:4.1.8-1

Aliases

1. CVE-2014-78182. NVD-2014-78183. OSV-2014-78184. OSV-DEBIAN-2014-78185. GHSA-29gr-w57f-rpfw6. GCVE-2014-78187. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2014-7818

References

1. https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2014-7818.yml2. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/dCp7duBiQgo3. https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/dCp7duBiQgo/v_R_8PFs5IwJ4. https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-78295. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html

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