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CVE-2008-1145 Detail

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1.9 through 1.9.0-1, when running on systems that support backslash (\) path separators or case-insensitive file names, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via (1) "..%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences or (2) filenames that match patterns in the :NondisclosureName option.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (12/04/2008)

This issue was addressed in affected versions of Ruby as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29232 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29357 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29536 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30802 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32371 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0123 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/404515 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0897.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/03/03/webrick-file-access-vulnerability/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489205/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489218/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490056/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28123 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019562 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0787 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41010 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2338 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10937 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5215 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00338.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00354.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 

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  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1145
NVD Published Date:
03/04/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.