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CVE-2014-7818

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Date: November 8, 2014

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.

Language: Ruby

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Related Resources (9)

https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2014-7818.yml
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/dCp7duBiQgo
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7818
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/dCp7duBiQgo/v_R_8PFs5IwJ
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-29gr-w57f-rpfw
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-7829
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-23v3-qfrj-wmgh
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-7818

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-22

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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