Description
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 (4)
Core 4
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-7829
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71183
Exploit mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/rMTQy4oRCGk/loS_CRS8mNEJ
Scores
EPSS
0.0027
EPSS Percentile
49.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (25)
opensuse/opensuse
12.3
opensuse/opensuse
13.1
opensuse/opensuse
13.2
rubygems/actionpack
4.1.0 - 4.1.8RubyGems
rubyonrails/rails
3.0.0 (7 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails
3.0.1 (2 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails
3.0.2 (2 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails
3.0.3
rubyonrails/rails
3.0.4 rc1
rubyonrails/rails
3.0.5 (2 CPE variants)
... and 15 more
Published
Nov 18, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026