CVE-2016-2097
MEDIUMRuby on Rails < 3.2.22.2 and 4.x < 4.1.14.2 - Directory Traversal via Render Method
Title source: llmDescription
Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2 and 4.x before 4.1.14.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method and providing a .. (dot dot) in a pathname. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0752.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3509
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/ddY6HgqB2z4/we0RasMZIAAJ
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035122
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83726
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0191
EPSS Percentile
83.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (28)
rubygems/actionpack
3.0.0 - 3.2.22.2RubyGems
rubygems/actionview
3.0.0 - 3.2.22.2RubyGems
rubyonrails/rails
4.0.0 (4 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails
4.0.1 (5 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails
4.0.2
rubyonrails/rails
4.0.3
rubyonrails/rails
4.0.4 (2 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails
4.0.5
rubyonrails/rails
4.0.6 (4 CPE variants)
rubyonrails/rails
4.0.7
... and 18 more
Published
Apr 07, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026