Directory Traversal The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package rails (opens in a new tab)
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- published18 Nov 2014
- disclosed18 Nov 2014
Introduced: 18 Nov 2014
CVE-2014-7829 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rails package and not the rails package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-7829
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-7829
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7829
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/rMTQy4oRCGk/loS_CRS8mNEJ
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71183