Information Exposure Affecting rubygem-actionpack package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-RUBYGEMACTIONPACK-9890400
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed17 Nov 2014

Introduced: 17 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-7829  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 rubygem-actionpack.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-actionpack package and not the rubygem-actionpack package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1