Arbitrary File Read Affecting actionview package, versions >=4.2.11, <4.2.11.1 >=5.0.7, <5.0.7.2 >=5.1.6, <5.1.6.2 >=5.2.2, <5.2.2.1


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature
    EPSS 97.43% (100th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
8.1 high
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SUSE
5.9 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-ACTIONVIEW-173784
  • published 13 Mar 2019
  • disclosed 13 Mar 2019
  • credit John Hawthorn

How to fix?

Upgrade actionview to version 4.2.11.1, 5.0.7.2, 5.1.6.2, 5.2.2.1 or higher.

Overview

actionview is a simple, battle-tested conventions and helpers for building web pages.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read. Specially crafted accept headers in combination with calls to render file: could cause arbitrary files on the target server to be rendered, disclosing the file contents.