CVE-2014-0130

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Description

A directory traversal flaw was found in the way Ruby on Rails handled wildcard segments in routes with implicit rendering. A remote attacker could use this flaw to retrieve arbitrary local files accessible to a Ruby on Rails application using the aforementioned routes via a specially crafted request.

A directory traversal flaw was found in the way Ruby on Rails handled wildcard segments in routes with implicit rendering. A remote attacker could use this flaw to retrieve arbitrary local files accessible to a Ruby on Rails application using the aforementioned routes via a specially crafted request.

Additional information

  • Bugzilla 1095105: rubygem-actionpack: directory traversal issue
  • CWE-20->CWE-22: Improper Input Validation leads to Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2014-0130

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
Red HatNVD

CVSS v2 Base Score

7.5

4.3

Attack Vector

Network

Network

Access Complexity

Low

Medium

Authentication

None

None

Confidentiality Impact

Partial

Partial

Integrity Impact

Partial

None

Availability Impact

Partial

None

CVSS v2 Vector

Red Hat: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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