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CVE-2016-0752 Detail

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178044.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178069.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/13 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Mailing List 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/335P1DcLG00/JXcBnTtZEgAJ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability 03/25/2022 04/15/2022 Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-0752
NVD Published Date:
02/15/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.